mucilage noun. ['mju:sɪlɪdʒ] LME.
[Old & mod. French from late Latin mucilago musty juice, formed as MUCUS: see -AGE.]
1. A polysaccharide substance extractable as a viscous or gelatinous solution in water from roots, seeds, and other parts of certain plants, and used in medicines and adhesives. LME.
b. transf. A viscous mass, a pulp. L17.
c. An aqueous solution of a gum etc. used as an adhesive; glue, gum. Chiefly N. Amer. M19.

2. A viscous secretion or bodily fluid (as mucus, synovia). LME.

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