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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

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Other Word Forms

  • grumousness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of grumous1

1655–65; < Latin ū ( us ) ( grume ) + -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of grumous1

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

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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.

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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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