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Meanings of mucilage in English

Portuguese
colas
Catalan
goma d'enganxar
Spanish
mucílago

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

        colas
        Portuguese
        mucilagem
        Spanish
        mucílago
        Catalan
        mucílags

        Polar glycoprotein and exopolysaccharide produced by nearly all plants and some microorganisms.

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                Usage of mucilage in English
                1
                This starch paste acts in the same manner as the insoluble mucilage.
                The Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915
                2
                Dissolve gun cotton in sulphuric ether, and thicken it with gum mucilage.
                Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets / Or, A ...
                3
                The root contains tannin and mucilage, it is therefore astringent and demulcent.
                Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
                4
                The walls were sealed with mucilage, and bonelike pillars supported the roof.
                The Lair of Bones
                5
                Certainly the missing document was not in the ink-pot or the mucilage bottle.
                The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange
                6
                Cryptomonas, when dividing in a mucilage after encystment, recalls the condition in Gloeocystis.
                The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
                7
                They consist in this state almost exclusively of mucilage and sugar.
                Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
                8
                Stamps, wrapped in oil-silk with mucilage side next to the silk.
                Notes of a War Correspondent
                9
                The seals had been cut out, and restored to their position with mucilage.
                Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University...
                10
                It tastes like mucilage, that glue that's used to paste photos into albums.
                Up in the air
                11
                Between the veins are numerous cavities, filled with mucilage, and small, solid grains.
                The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
                12
                Fresh Lemon juice will not keep because of its mucilage, which soon ferments.
                Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
                13
                The mucilage of the glue mums had hardened into knobby shapes.
                Wizardborn
                14
                It is in his mouth, where certain glands produce a sticky substance like mucilage.
                Friends and Helpers
                15
                She saw glue mums spitting out mucilage as they shored up a damaged wall.
                The Lair of Bones
                16
                Diseases, Dose, etc.-Theinfusion and mucilage may be taken freely.
                Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
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