Word of the Day:
mucilage
What It Means
A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.
Mucilage in Context
“Malt liquors […] are distinguished from wine, chiefly by the larger quantity of mucilage and saccharine matter […]”
Did You Know?
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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