gummous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of gummous
1660–70; < Latin gummōsus, equivalent to gumm ( i ) gum 1 + -ōsus -ous
Example Sentences
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Of the gummous exsudation, or small transparent Pearls, discovered with a Microscope in several others.
From Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon by Hooke, Robert
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