Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - mucilage
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Mucilage
mucilage
noun Etymology: Middle English muscilage, from Late Latin mucilago mucus, musty juice, from Latin mucus Date: 15th century 1. a gelatinous substance of various plants (as legumes or seaweeds) that contains protein and polysaccharides and is similar to plant gums 2. an aqueous usually viscid solution (as of a gum) used especially as an adhesive
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n. 1 a viscous substance obtained from plant seeds etc. by maceration. 2 US a solution of gum. Derivatives mucilaginous adj. Etymology: ME f. F f. LL mucilago -ginis musty juice (MUCUS) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ n a sticky liquid obtained from plants and used as a glue - mucilaginous adj (the mucilaginous fruit of the okra plant) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1392, from M.L. muscilago, from L.L. mucillago "musty or moldy juice," from L. mucere "be musty or moldy," from mucus "mucus." Meaning "adhesive" is first attested 1859. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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