mucilage

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English

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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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 […]

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mūcilāgō.

Pronunciation

Noun

mucilage m (usually uncountable, plural mucilages)

  1. mucilage

Descendants

  • → Turkish: müsilaj

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