noun
mucilage
Mucilage (noun) means a thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.
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A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.
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Etymology
From Middle English muscilage, mussillage, from Middle French mucilage (“viscous substance found in vegetable material”), from Late Latin mūcilāgō (“musty or moldy juice”). See Greek μούχλα (moúchla, “mold”), and related derivatives, for example mushroom, from *meus- (“mosses, mold, mildew”).
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"mucilage" (noun) means a thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.