mucilaginous
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Etymology edit
From New Latin mūcilāginōsus from Late Latin mūcus.
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Adjective edit
mucilaginous (comparative more mucilaginous, superlative most mucilaginous)
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling mucus; slimy and viscous.
- 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 303:
- Appa [...] forked down his throat the mucilaginous scrambled eggs.
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Translations edit
of, pertaining to, or resembling mucus
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