mucilage
English edit
Etymology edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmjuː.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmju.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈmju.sə.lɪd͡ʒ/
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Noun edit
mucilage (usually uncountable, plural mucilages)
- A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.
- 1821, Friedrich Accum, A Treatise on the Art of Brewing, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, page 5:
- Malt liquors […] are distinguished from wine, chiefly by the larger quantity of mucilage and saccharine matter […]
Translations edit
thick gluey substance produced by many plants
Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin mūcilāgō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mucilage m (usually uncountable, plural mucilages)
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: müsilaj
Further reading edit
- “mucilage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.