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gelatineous

gelatineous is the uncommon form of gelatinous.

Meaning of gelatinous

Adjective

gelatinous (comparative more gelatinous, superlative most gelatinous)

  1. Jelly-like.
    • In certain star-fishes, small depressions in the layer of pigment which surrounds the nerve are filled, as described by the author just quoted, with transparent gelatinous matter, and this projects outwardly with a convex surface, like the cornea in the higher animals.1866, Charles Darwin, “Difficulties on Theory”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], 4th edition, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 216
  2. Of or referring to gelatin.

Forms of gelatineous

comparativemore gelatineous
superlativemost gelatineous

Questions about gelatineous

What is gelatineous the uncommon form of?
Gelatineous is the uncommon form of gelatinous.

Words near gelatineous in the dictionary

  1. gelatine
  2. gelatine salad
  3. gelatine salads
  4. gelatined
  5. gelatinelike
  6. gelatineous
  7. gelatines
  8. gelating
  9. gelatini
  10. gelatiniferous
  11. gelatinification

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