grumous

[groo-muhs]

adjective

1. Botany.,  Also grumose formed of clustered grains or granules.

2. having or resembling grume; clotted.

grumous

/ ˈɡruːməʊs, ˈɡruːməs /

adjective

1. (esp of plant parts) consisting of granular tissue

Other Word Forms

• grumousness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of grumous¹

1655–65; < Latin grūm ( us ) ( grume ) + -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of grumous¹

C17: from grume a clot of blood, from Latin grumus a little heap; related to _crumb

Example Sentences

The ulcers forming about the sixth day have a yellowish-white appearance with red points and raised irregular borders, and the discharge is grumous and viscous, with a yellowish or reddish tinge.

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It had the appearance of brownish, grumous blood, and was attended with obscure abdominal pains.

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If the dark patches be punctured, a quantity of venous and grumous blood exudes; but the wound soon heals.

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In those who were cured by these Remedies, he says, Stones, or a kind of a grumous calculous Matter, were always found in the Stools, as the Jaundice was going off.

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In Ustilago, the minute sooty spores are developed either on delicate threads or in compacted cells, arising first from a sort of semi-gelatinous, grumous stroma.

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