mucilage
Pronunciation: /ˈmjuː.sɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/
The English word “mucilage” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
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”).
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