mucilage

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmjuː.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/    美 /ˈmju.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/|/ˈmju.sə.lɪd͡ʒ/

英文释义

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

词形变化

mucilages plural

词源

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”).
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