mucilage

English

Etymology

From Old French mucilage (“viscous substance found in vegetable material”), from Late Latin mucilago (“musty or moldy juice”). See Greek μούχλα (moúchla, “mold”), and related derivatives, for example mushroom, from *meus- (“mosses, mold, mildew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjuː.sɪ.lɪdʒ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmju.sɪ.lɪdʒ/, /ˈmju.sə.lɪdʒ/

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Noun

mucilage (usually uncountable, plural mucilages)

1. A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.
   • 1821, Friedrich Accum, A Treatise on the Art of Brewing, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, page 5:

     Malt liquors […] are distinguished from wine, chiefly by the larger quantity of mucilage and saccharine matter […]

Translations

thick gluey substance produced by many plants

• Dutch: gom (nl), slijmstof
• Finnish: kasviliima
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• German: Schleimstoff m
• Ido: mucilajo (io)

Further reading

• mucilage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin mucilago

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.si.laʒ/

Noun

mucilage m (usually uncountable, plural mucilages)

1. mucilage

Further reading

• “mucilage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.