A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Gel, from ‘gelatin’, “a semisolid apparently homogeneous substance that may be elastic and jellylike (as gelatin) or more or less rigid (as silica gel)” (WIII): gelatum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. gelato: (in pharmaceutical Latin] a jelly; a gel; see gelatin.

Jelly: > L. past. part. of gelare, to freeze, congeal, “a semitransparent easily melted food preparation having a soft somewhat elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, or a similar substance; a substance resembling jelly, esp. in consistency, as a transparent elastic gel” (WIII).

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