mucedinous, a. Bot.
(mjuːˈsiːdɪnəs)
[f. L. mucēdin-, mūcēdo mucus (in mod.L. used for ‘mould’, after L. mūcēre to be mouldy) + -ous.]
Having the character of mould; resembling mould.
| 1857 Berkeley Cryptog. Bot. §224 A mucedinous mass of threads or cells from which the plant grows. 1867 J. Hogg Microsc. ii. i. 332 Another more closely connected growth of mucedinous fungi, commonly called mushroom spawn. |