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glandulous

glandulous adjective: of, pertaining to, or composed of glands; glandular, glandulose.

Adjective

glandulous (comparative more glandulous, superlative most glandulous)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or composed of glands; glandular, glandulose.

Forms of glandulous

comparativemore glandulous
superlativemost glandulous

Origin of glandulous

Borrowed from Late Latin glandulōsus, from Latin glandula. By surface analysis, glandule + -ous.

Words formed from glandulous

Questions about glandulous

What does glandulous mean?
Glandulous means of, pertaining to, or composed of glands; glandular, glandulose.
What part of speech is glandulous?
Glandulous is an adjective.

Words near glandulous in the dictionary

  1. glandulocaudins
  2. glandulogenesis
  3. glandulose
  4. glandulosities
  5. glandulosity
  6. glandulous
  7. glandulously
  8. glandulousness
  9. Glandyfi
  10. Glanister
  11. Glanmire

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