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Word entry · 8 letters

mucilage

Best crossword clue

"Sticky gum"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈmjuː.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/Part of speech nounSorted acegilmuStarts with MEnds with E1 clues
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Definitions

  1. cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive

Word origin

From Middle English muscilage, mussillage, from Middle French mucilage (“viscous substance found in vegetable material”), from Late Latin mūcilāgō (“musty or moldy juice”). See Greek μούχλα (moúchla, “mold”), and related derivatives, for example mushroom, from *meus- (“mosses, mold, mildew”).

Used in a sentence

  • Malt liquors […] are distinguished from wine, chiefly by the larger quantity of mucilage and saccharine matter […]

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