mucilage

Significado (Inglés)

A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.

Sinónimos

glue

mucus

gum

slime

paste

adhesive

cement

phlegm

rheum

size

sizing

snivel

snot

starch

rubber cement

viscous liquid

viscose rayon

glue-water

plasmagel

adhesive agent

adhesive material

viscose glue

gum water

mucilago

rubber paste

adhesives

flesh

🥩

glues

goo

gum arabic

pulp

rayon

Traducións

Schleim

colle

mucílago

mucillagine

zamk

zamklı

cola

κόλλα

goma

Kleister

Klebstoff

Leim

Phlegma

cola

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈmjuː.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: muscilage

Relativo a grego: μούχλα

In summary

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”).