gluey

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Examples of gluey

  • When exposed to the atmosphere it is hygroscopic, becomes gluey, and changes colour, becoming darker.

  • They fruit in grains covered in a gluey secretion, and when a plant is mature each clump becomes brown and sticky with the exudate.

  • Instead of venom, it secretes a gluey substance to trap its prey.

  • Some of the plants are sticky, and all have seeds which become gluey when wet.

  • The seeds are also carried in a gluey fluid.

  • The fruits are fuzzy brown achenes only one or two millimeters long which turn gluey when wet.

  • The fruit is a tiny ribbed achene which swells up and becomes gluey in texture when it is moistened.

  • Moist caps are gluey with a color ranging from reddish brown to pinkish-lilac; the cap margin has radial grooves mirroring the gills underneath.

  • Two parts has been criticised as giving too gluey a result and four parts as too loose; a ratio of 1:3 has been recommended.

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