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adjective
1.
having a glutinous consistency; sticky; adhesive; viscous.
2.
Botany. covered by a sticky substance.
Origin:
1625–35; < Late Latin viscidus, equivalent to Latin visc(um) mistletoe, birdlime made from mistletoe + -idus -id4; see viscous
1625–35; < Late Latin viscidus, equivalent to Latin visc(um) mistletoe, birdlime made from mistletoe + -idus -id4; see viscous
Related forms
vis·cid·i·ty, vis·cid·ness, noun
vis·cid·ly, adverb
non·vis·cid, adjective
non·vis·cid·ly, adverb
non·vis·cid·ness, noun
EXPANDnon·vis·cid·i·ty, noun
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Viscid
is always a great word to know.
So is sporophyte. Does it mean:
| organism with having only one complete set of chromosomes |
| form of a diploid plant in the alternation of generations that produces asexual spores |
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viscid
"sticky," 1611 (implied in viscidity), from L.L. viscidus, from L. viscum "mistletoe, birdlime" (see viscous).
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viscid vis·cid (vĭs'ĭd)
adj.
Thick and adhesive. Used of a fluid.
Covered with a sticky coating.
vis·cid'i·ty or vis'cid·ness n.
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