|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