mucilaginous

[ myoo-suh-laj-uh-nuhs ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.
2. of the nature of or resembling mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid.

Other Words From

• muci·lagi·nous·ly adverb
• nonmu·ci·lagi·nous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mucilaginous¹

1640–50; < Late Latin mūcilāgin- (stem of mūcilāgō ) mucilage + -ous

Example Sentences

The first is contained in great abundance in flax and cotton-seed, the sun-flower, and many other of the mucilaginous seeds.

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Taste: Slightly acid and mucilaginous when raw; after cooking somewhat suggesting white meat of chicken.

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He mentions the mucilaginous testa possessed by many seeds, but which only becomes noticeable when they have been moistened.

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It also exudes from the articulations of its abdomen a yellow mucilaginous liquid, of a pungent and disagreeable odour.

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All plants communicate to water some mucilaginous material which is carried over along with it.

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