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Mucilage

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Noun
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mu=ci=lage

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Mucilage has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Mucilagen. [F., from L. mucilago a musty juice, fr. mucus mucus, slime. See Mucus.].
  •  A gummy or gelatinous substance produced in certain plants by the action of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of quinces, of flax, etc.  [1913 Webster]
  •  An aqueous solution of gum, or of substances allied to it; a glue; a liquid adhesive; as, medicinal mucilage; mucilage for fastening envelopes.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Mucilage, n.
1 a viscous substance obtained from plant seeds etc. by maceration.
2 US a solution of gum.

Derivative
mucilaginous adj.
Etymology
ME f. F f. LL mucilago -ginis musty juice (MUCUS)

THESAURUS

Mucilage

adherent, adhesive, albumen, antifriction, barnacle, batter, black lead, bonnyclabber, bramble, brier, bulldog, burr, butter, cement, clabber, cornstarch, cream, curd, decal, decalcomania, dough, egg white, gaum, gel, gelatin, glair, glop, glue, gluten, glycerin, goo, gook, goop, graphite, gruel, gumbo, gunk, jam, jell, jelly, leech, limpet, loblolly, lubricant, lubricating oil, lubricator, molasses, mucus, pap, paste, plaster, plumbago, porridge, prickle, pudding, pulp, puree, putty, remora, rob, semifluid, semiliquid, silicone, size, soup, starch, sticker, sticky mess, syrup, thorn, treacle, wax

ROGET THESAURUS

Mucilage

Semiliquidity

N semiliquidity, stickiness, viscidity, viscosity, gummosity, glutinosity, mucosity, spissitude, crassitude, lentor, adhesiveness, inspissation, incrassation, thickening, jelly, mucilage, gelatin, gluten, carlock, fish glue, ichthyocol, ichthycolla, isinglass, mucus, phlegm, goo, pituite, lava, glair, starch, gluten, albumen, milk, cream, protein, treacle, gum, size, glue (tenacity), wax, beeswax, emulsion, soup, squash, mud, slush, slime, ooze, moisture, marsh, semifluid, semiliquid, tremellose, half melted, half frozen, milky, muddy, lacteal, lactean, lacteous, lactescent, lactiferous, emulsive, curdled, thick, succulent, uliginous, gelatinous, albuminous, mucilaginous, glutinous, glutenous, gelatin, mastic, amylaceous, ropy, clammy, clotted, viscid, viscous, sticky, tacky, gooey, slab, slabby, lentous, pituitous, mucid, muculent, mucous, gummy.

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