Definition of "glutinous" []

• Of the nature of or resembling glue; sticky. (adjective)

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• "I've had homemade congee, so I know that it's often like that, but the one in the can which I've bought many times was more glutinous, which is why I liked it."
• "Loh mai kai aka glutinous rice with soy sauce and chicken"
• "They are laid in the shape of a broad, short ribbon, pressed between the mantle and the shell, and, passing out, cover the outside of the shell, over which they are rolled up, with a kind of glutinous envelope, -- for the eggs are held together by a soft glutinous substance."