noun
mucilage
Mucilage (noun) means a thick, sticky substance that many plants and some microorganisms produce.
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A thick, sticky substance that many plants and some microorganisms produce.
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Etymology
Comes via Middle English muscilage, mussillage, from Middle French mucilage (“viscous substance found in vegetable material”), which came from Late Latin mūcilāgō (“musty or moldy juice”). See Greek μούχλα (moúchla, “mold”), and related derivatives such as mushroom, from *meus- (“mosses, mold, mildew”).
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What is the meaning of mucilage?
"mucilage" (noun) means a thick, sticky substance that many plants and some microorganisms produce.
What is another word for mucilage?
Other words for "mucilage" include glue, gum.
