mucilage

/ˈmjuː.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

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”).

mucilage means A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 81 out of 100.

mucilage is pronounced /ˈmjuː.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/.

noun

A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.“Malt liquors […] are distinguished from wine, chiefly by the larger quantity of mucilage and saccharine matter […]”