glutinous.

Sticky and cohesive in a glue-like or gummy way.

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Words that belong together

• a glutinous mass
• glutinous rice
• a glutinous texture

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A glutinous residue clung to the inside of the vessel after it cooled.

The rice had become glutinous enough to hold the wrapped filling together.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more glutinous; superlative most glutinous. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.