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The first is contained in great abundance in flax and cotton-seed, the sun-flower, and many other of the mucilaginous seeds.
DOMESTIC ANIMALSRICHARD L. ALLENTaste: Slightly acid and mucilaginous when raw; after cooking somewhat suggesting white meat of chicken.
OUR EDIBLE TOADSTOOLS AND MUSHROOMS AND HOW TO DISTINGUISH THEMWILLIAM HAMILTON GIBSONHe mentions the mucilaginous testa possessed by many seeds, but which only becomes noticeable when they have been moistened.
MAKERS OF BRITISH BOTANY; A COLLECTION OF BIOGRAPHIES BY LIVING BOTANISTSVARIOUSIt also exudes from the articulations of its abdomen a yellow mucilaginous liquid, of a pungent and disagreeable odour.
THE INSECT WORLDLOUIS FIGUIERAll plants communicate to water some mucilaginous material which is carried over along with it.
DISCOVERY OF OXYGEN, PART 2CARL WILHELM SCHEELEThe root has a somewhat bitter taste, and is somewhat mucilaginous.
COOLEY'S CYCLOPDIA OF PRACTICAL RECEIPTS AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES..., SIXTH EDITION, VOLUME IARNOLD COOLEYI soaked one of the seeds for ten hours in warm water, which became only very slightly mucilaginous.
MORE LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN VOLUME IICHARLES DARWINThe walls of these cells, though very thin, are mucilaginous, and capable of taking up large amounts of water.
ALL ABOUT COFFEEWILLIAM H. UKERSThe mucilaginous fermentation, in which sugar is converted into slime, instead of alcohol.
A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND MINESANDREW UREIn England, the mucilaginous oils of Gallipoli are preferred, and in Malabar, oils more or less rancid.
A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND MINESANDREW UREWORDS RELATED TO MUCILAGINOUS
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