mucilage en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈmjuː.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /ˈmju.sə.lɪd͡ʒ/ (General-American)
- /ˈmju.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/ (General-American)
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”).
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.
Malt liquors […] are distinguished from wine, chiefly by the larger quantity of mucilage and saccharine matter […]
1821, Friedrich Accum, A Treatise on the Art of Brewing, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, page 5:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mucilages | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
demucilage · marine mucilage · mucilloid
Relateds
mucosity · mucus · mucilaginous
Synonyms
Translations (14)
io mucilajo (thick gluey substance produced by many plants) · tr müsilaj (thick gluey substance produced by many plants) · cy llyslyn (thick gluey substance produced by many plants) · nl gom (thick gluey substance produced by many plants) · enm muscilage (thick gluey substance produced by many plants) · de Schleimstoff (thick gluey substance produced by many plants) · nl slijmstof (thick gluey substance produced by many plants) · bg клей (thick gluey substance produced by many plants) · pt mucilagem (thick gluey substance produced by many plants) · es mucilago (thick gluey substance produced by many plants) · fi kasviliima (thick gluey substance produced by many plants) · es mucílago (thick gluey substance produced by many plants) · fr mucilage (thick gluey substance produced by many plants) · pl śluz (thick gluey substance produced by many plants)