grumous

American  

[groo-muhs] / ˈgru məs /

adjective

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

2. having or resembling grume; clotted.

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grumous British  

/ ˈɡruːməʊs, ˈɡruːməs /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• grumousness noun

Etymology

Origin of grumous

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

Example Sentences

The present: his famed That Which I Should Have Done, I Did Not Do�a careful study of a mouldering wax funeral wreath on a grumous door.

From Time Magazine Archive

We have no direct evidence how the embryo is formed, yet no one doubts but that it is brought about by the agency of the boyau, which is a cell containing grumous molecular matter. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

Nay, if those grumous and speckly viscosities of evil green, orange, poppy purple, and nameless hues, are the only things which give us any pleasure?

From Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life by Lee, Vernon

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.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

The former, when cut into, present one or more loose clots of black blood or a grumous mass of blood-elements, separating the tissues and often mixed with fetid gases.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various