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glutenous

glutenous is the alternative spelling of glutinous.

Meaning of glutinous

Adjective

glutinous (comparative more glutinous, superlative most glutinous)

  1. Glue-like, sticky, viscid.
    • Then comes the dinner, a glutinous spread that seems simultaneously generous and disgusting, but no one ever touches the food2020 September 1, Nicholas Barber, “Five stars for I'm Thinking of Ending Things”, in BBC
  2. Of the nature of gluten.
  3. Containing gluten.

Forms of glutenous

comparativemore glutenous
superlativemost glutenous

Questions about glutenous

What is glutenous the alternative spelling of?
Glutenous is the alternative spelling of glutinous.

Words near glutenous in the dictionary

  1. glutenin
  2. glutenine
  3. glutenines
  4. glutenins
  5. glutenless
  6. glutenous
  7. glutens
  8. gluteny
  9. gluteobiceps
  10. gluteofemoral
  11. gluteoinguinal

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