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mucilage

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
18
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈmjuː.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/ (UK)
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/ˈmjuː.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/ (UK) · /ˈmju.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/ · /ˈmju.sə.lɪd͡ʒ/

Definition of mucilage

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (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 […]”

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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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