"mucilage" meaning in English

See mucilage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmjuː.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/ [UK], /ˈmju.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/ [General-American], /ˈmju.sə.lɪd͡ʒ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-mucilage.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mucilage.wav Forms: mucilages [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|muscilage}} Middle English muscilage, {{der|en|frm|mucilage||viscous substance found in vegetable material}} Middle French mucilage (“viscous substance found in vegetable material”), {{der|en|LL.|mūcilāgō||musty or moldy juice}} Late Latin mūcilāgō (“musty or moldy juice”), {{cog|el|μούχλα||mold}} Greek μούχλα (moúchla, “mold”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} mucilage (usually uncountable, plural mucilages)
  1. A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Gums and resins Derived forms: marine mucilage Related terms: mucilaginous, mucosity, mucus Translations (thick gluey substance produced by many plants): клей (klej) [masculine] (Bulgarian), gom (Dutch), slijmstof (Dutch), kasviliima (Finnish), mucilage [masculine] (French), Schleimstoff [masculine] (German), mucilajo (Ido), muscilage (Middle English), śluz [masculine] (Polish), mucilagem [feminine] (Portuguese), mucílago [masculine] (Spanish), müsilaj (Turkish), llyslyn [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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