grumous

2 definitions found

grumous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Grumous \Gru"mous\, a. [Cf. F. grumeleux. See Grume.]
     1. Resembling or containing grume; thick; concreted; clotted;
        as, grumous blood.
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     2. (Bot.) See Grumose.
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grumous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  grumous
      adj 1: transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid
             mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"
             [syn: coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous,
             grumose]