viscidity
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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
It is by some supposed that high colors and viscidity are indications of non-edible species, but there are numerous exceptions here.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
It is a question, apparently, of removing a few atoms of dust or else some traces of viscidity that remain from the evil contact with the snail.
From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
As to viscidity, two very viscid species, when young, are among the highly prized esculents by those who know them, viz.,
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
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.
