MUCILAGINOUS


Meaning of MUCILAGINOUS in English

|myüsə|lajənəs adjective

Etymology: Late Latin mucilaginosus, from mucilagin-, mucilago mucilage + Latin -osus -ose

1.

a. : relating to mucilage or the secretion of mucilage

mucilaginous disorganization in a plant cell

b. : resembling mucilage: as

(1) : viscid and moist

(2) : slimily sticky

2. : containing or secreting mucilage

a mucilaginous plant cell

• mu·ci·lag·i·nous·ly adverb

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