Difference between revisions of "Gelatinized"
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| − | '''gelatinized''' ( | + | '''gelatinized''' ([[Category:Adjective]][[:Category:Adjective|adjective]]) – curdled, congealed, coagulated, with the consistency of jelly or jam, i. e., a stiffened [[mucilage]] -- like a jelly, rubbery, slimy, [[translucent]], swelling when wet; in the [[gelatinous]] [[growth form]] the [[thallus]] is [[homoimerous]] (unstratified), and the distinctions among [[crustose]], [[foliose]] and [[fruticose]] are often blurred. |
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Latest revision as of 02:00, 7 December 2005
gelatinized (adjective) – curdled, congealed, coagulated, with the consistency of jelly or jam, i. e., a stiffened mucilage -- like a jelly, rubbery, slimy, translucent, swelling when wet; in the gelatinous growth form the thallus is homoimerous (unstratified), and the distinctions among crustose, foliose and fruticose are often blurred.
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