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mucilage

/ˈmjuː.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ//ˈmju.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/

mucilage noun: a thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.

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Noun

mucilage (usually uncountable, plural mucilages)

  1. (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 […]1821, Friedrich Accum, A Treatise on the Art of Brewing, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, page 5
    Synonyms:
    vegetable mucus

mucilage meaning in Tamil and Bengali

mucilage in Tamil

பசைப் பொருள், பசைக்கூழ், சளியம், சவ்வு, பிசின் போன்ற திரவம், பிசின் பொருள்

mucilage in Bengali

আঠা, উদ্ভিজ্জ আঠা

Synonyms of mucilage

Forms of mucilage

pluralmucilages

Origin of mucilage

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”).

Words formed from mucilage

Questions about mucilage

What does mucilage mean?
Mucilage means a thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.
What is mucilage in Tamil?
Mucilage in Tamil is பசைப் பொருள், பசைக்கூழ், சளியம். See Mucilage meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mucilage?
Mucilage is a noun.
How do you pronounce mucilage?
Mucilage is pronounced /ˈmjuː.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
What is the plural of mucilage?
The plural of mucilage is mucilages.

Words near mucilage in the dictionary

  1. mucigels
  2. mucigen
  3. mucigenic
  4. mucigenous
  5. mucigens
  6. mucilage
  7. mucilages
  8. mucilaginous
  9. mucilaginously
  10. mucilaginousness
  11. mucilloid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mucilage (page history and authors); mucilage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mucilage (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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