mucilage

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmjuː.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmju.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈmju.sə.lɪd͡ʒ/ === Noun === mucilage (usually uncountable, plural mucilages) A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms. Synonym: (archaic) vegetable mucus ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== mucilaginous ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === mucilage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin mūcilāgō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /my.si.laʒ/ === Noun === mucilage m (usually uncountable, plural mucilages) mucilage ==== Related terms ==== mucilagineux ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: müsilaj === Further reading === “mucilage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012