viscidity

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This honey-dew must not be confounded with the normal viscidity of certain insectivorous plants—e.g.

From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall

The viscidity and specific gravity of milk are somewhat greater than that of water; but these properties vary somewhat in the milk procured from different individuals.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

According to De Candolle, this may depend upon the greater or less amount of water they contain, upon the greater or less viscidity of their fluids, or the rapidity with which these fluids circulate.

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.

If strength, elasticity, clearness, and perfect freedom from viscidity, be tests of excellence, then this product may be considered as equal to any other. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

A casting thus treated subsided with surprising slowness, owing as I suppose to its viscidity.

From The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits by Darwin, Charles