Dictionary 1. (a.) Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.2. (a.) Of, pertaining to, or secreting, mucilage; as, the mucilaginous glands. 3. (a.) Soluble in water, but not in alcohol; yielding mucilage; as, mucilaginous gums or plants. Thesaurus adhesive amylaceous clabbered clammy clotted coagulated curdled doughy gaumy gelatinous glairy gluelike gluey glutenous glutinose glutinous gooey grumous gumbo gumbolike gumlike gummous gummy heavy inspissated jelled jellied jellylike pasty ropy slabby slimy slithery starchy sticky stodgy stringy syrupy tacky tenacious thick thickened tough tremelloid tremellose viscid viscose viscous |