mucilage

noungluey substance

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noun gluey substance

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Word Origin & History

late 14c., mussillage, "viscous substance found in vegetable material," from Old French mucilage (14c.), from Late Latin mucilago "musty or moldy juice" (4c.), from Latin mucere "be musty or moldy," from mucus "mucus" (see mucus). Meaning "adhesive" is first attested 1859.

Example Sentences for mucilage

It had been well rubbed in, too, made of a plastic adherence by the addition of mucilage.

Sue says she believes it's mucilage, and I think she's right.

Under the dribble of the mucilage the fire in his eyes had flickered and sunk.

It had been stuck there by a drop of mucilage, and the mucilage was still wet.

Mucilage, paste, stationery; the half-dozen sorts of envelopes and letter-heads.

Put a little of the mucilage from slippery elm in a teaspoon.

He wondered how he could ever have cared for this molasses and mucilage girl.

All the Malvace abound in mucilage, and they all have woody fibre in their stems.

But when they took to dipping them in mucilage he made a complaint to the Board of Directors.

The binder may be either glue or mucilage mixed with the water.

mucilage

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cement

glue

gum

paste

paste

pasting

mucilage

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glue

gum

paste

paste

pasting

Synonyms for mucilage

cement