vegetable mucilage

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• mucilage — (n.) late 14c., mussillage, viscous substance found in vegetable material, from O.Fr. mucilage (14c.), from L.L. mucilago musty or moldy juice (4c.), from L. mucere be musty or moldy, from mucus mucus (see MUCUS (Cf. mucus)). Meaning adhesive is… …   Etymology dictionary

• mucilage — A pharmacopeial preparation consisting of a solution in water of the mucilaginous principles of vegetable substances; used as a soothing application to the mucous membranes and in the preparation of official and extemporaneous mixtures. [L.… …   Medical dictionary

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