spumous

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spume

(spyo͞om)

Foam or froth on a liquid, as on the sea.

intr.v. spumed, spum·ing, spumes

To froth or foam.

[Middle English, from Old French espume, from Latin spūma.]

spu′mous, spum′y adj.

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spumous

adjective

Consisting of or resembling foam:

foamy, frothy, lathery, spumy, sudsy, yeasty.

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Down upon the river that was black and thick with dye, some Coketown boys who were at large - a rare sight there - rowed a crazy boat, which made a spumous track upon the water as it jogged along, while every dip of an oar stirred up vile smells.

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Circular muscle cells, spumous cells, and large, vacuolated cells lie within the outer region of the epidermis (Fig.