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mucilage


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mucilage  \Mu"ci*lage\,  n.  [F.,  from  L.  mucilago  a  musty  juice, 
  fr  mucus  mucus,  slime.  See  {Mucus}.] 
  1.  (Bot.  Chem.)  A  gummy  or  gelatinous  substance  produced  in 
  certain  plants  by  the  action  of  water  on  the  cell  wall,  as 
  in  the  seeds  of  quinces,  of  flax,  etc 
 
  2.  An  aqueous  solution  of  gum,  or  of  substances  allied  to  it 
  as  medicinal  mucilage;  mucilage  for  fastening  envelopes. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mucilage 
  n  1:  a  gelatinous  substance  secreted  by  plants 
  2:  a  strong  liquid  cement  [syn:  {glue},  {gum}] 




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