pultaceous, a.
(pʌlˈteɪʃəs)
[f. L. puls, pult-em pap, pottage + -aceous.]
1. Of the nature or consistency of pap or of a poultice; soft, semi-fluid, pulpy.
| 1668 Phil. Trans. III. 751 He first denyeth, that the Testes are glandulous or pultaceous. 1738 Stuart ibid. XL. 327 A soft white pultaceous Matter. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 71/1 In infancy the brain is extremely soft, almost pultaceous. 1896 Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 403 Pultaceous or even solid food may be remarkably well borne. |
2. Of the nature or class of pulse.
| 1762 tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. III. 667 Barley, peas and other pultaceous grain. |