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mucilaginous, a.|mjuːsɪˈlædʒɪnəs|
Also 7 muccilaginous.
[ad. F. mucilagineux, ad. mod.L. type *mūcilāginōsus, f. late L. mūcilāgin-, (-āgo) mucilage: see -ous.]
1. Having the nature or properties of mucilage; of a soft, moist, and viscous quality or appearance. Also, pertaining to or characteristic of mucilage.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxiii. 168 A jelly, or muccilaginous concretion. 1651French Distill. v. 109 Stones are produced out of water that hath a mucilaginous Mercury, which the Salt..fixeth into stones. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 71 A Pectoral Decoction..is endow'd with a mucilaginous..Sweetness. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. xi. (1879) 236 It has a mucilaginous, slightly sweet taste. 1884M. Mackenzie Dis. Throat & Nose II. 49 Occasionally warm mucilaginous drinks are more soothing. 1884Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 534 In many species..the mucilaginous disorganisation begins early.
2. Containing or secreting mucilage. mucilaginous glands: the fringed vascular folds of the synovial membrane.
1689Havers Osteol. Nova (1691) 189, I shall give them a more comprehensive name, such as Glandulæ Mucilaginosæ, or the mucilaginous Glands. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 195 In summer they feed on wild grasses, and the leaves of the most mucilaginous shrubs.
Hence muciˈlaginously adv., † muciˈlaginousness.
1651French Distill. v. 112 It attracts to it selfe the mucilaginousnesse of the water. 1859Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 79, I have..known them [i.e. eggs] by bits of straw and flecks of dirt mucilaginously adhering to their shells. |