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Vinony

mucilage

noun

  1. polar glycoprotein and exopolysaccharide produced by nearly all plants and some microorganisms
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmjuː.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/ / /ˈmju.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/ / /ˈmju.sə.lɪd͡ʒ/

noun

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”).

  1. 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 […]”