Meanings
adjectivepulpous (comparative more pulpous, superlative most pulpous)
comparative more pulpous · superlative most pulpous
- pulpy, soft
A method of coating a core in strand form with pulp, which consists in collecting pulpous material from liquid suspension, positioning the core adjacent said material, depositing additional pulpous material on the core[…]
1927, Official gazette of the United States Patent Office, volume 354
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From pulp + -ous. Cf. also Late Latin pulpōsus.
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