uliginous

adj
/juːˈlɪd͡ʒɪnəs/

Etymology

From Latin ūlīginōsus (“swampy”).

  1. derived from ūlīginōsus — “swampy

Definitions

  1. Slimy.

    • [In] water ſtrongly boiled […] the Seeds are extinguiſhed by fire and decoction, and therefore laſt long and pure without ſuch alteration, affording neither uliginous coats, gnatworms, Acari, hair-worms, like crude and common water; […]
  2. Marshy, swampy, waterlogged.

  3. Growing in muddy places.

    • Ranunculus Lapponicus, L. Uliginous or subaquatic, fibrous-rooted, with entire or merely denticulate or crenulated and petiolate leaves.

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