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
Noun
mucilage (usually uncountable, plural mucilages)
- A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.
Translations
thick gluey substance produced by many plants
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French
Etymology
From Late Latin mucilago
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /my.si.laʒ/
Further reading
- “mucilage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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