Uliginous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /juːˈlɪd͡ʒɪnəs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Uliginous is an adjective meaning Marshy, swampy, waterlogged.
Meaning
Marshy, swampy, waterlogged.
More Meanings
- Growing in muddy places.
Example Sentences
Ranunculus Lapponicus, L. Uliginous or subaquatic, fibrous-rooted, with entire or merely denticulate or crenulated and petiolate leaves.
[In] water ſtrongly boiled […] the Seeds are extinguiſhed by fire and decoction, and therefore laſt long and pure without ſuch alteration, affording neither uliginous coats, gnatworms, Acari, hair-worms, like crude and common water; […]
The uliginous lacteous Matter, taken notice of by that diligent and ingenious Botaniſt, P[aolo] Boccone, in the Coral Fiſhings upon the Coaſt of Italy, was only a Collection of the Corallin Particles thus ſuſtained in the Sea Water, hovering about and applying it ſelf to the Corallin Shrubs and Pori, for their Growth and Enlargement.
Synonyms for uliginous
Depending on context, synonyms include lubricous, slimish, sludgy, boggy, quaggy, wiery.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include slimish, lubricous, slimy, slithy, limous, viscid.
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