gelatinous

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From gelatine + -ous; probably modeled on French gélatineux.

Others, the greater number yellow and gelatinous, waited only to be picked. — Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Jules Verne
But a great many others were yellowish and gelatinous, just begging to be picked. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne
It was a whitish mass, slightly gelatinous and sweet, like marrow, and very palatable. — Black Ivory, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

gelatinlike, jellylike

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