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mucilages

mucilages is the plural of mucilage.

Meaning of mucilage

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

Phrases with mucilages

Questions about mucilages

What is mucilages the plural of?
Mucilages is the plural of mucilage.

Words near mucilages in the dictionary

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

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