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Mucilaginous   Listen
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Mucilaginous  adj.  
1.
Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.
2.
Of, pertaining to, or secreting, mucilage; as, the mucilaginous glands.
3.
Soluble in water, but not in alcohol; yielding mucilage; as, mucilaginous gums or plants.





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"Mucilaginous" Quotes from Famous Books



... of its water and laid in heaps, in pits dug in the ground, where it is covered with stones and left for two or three weeks to ferment; but less time is required, if the weather be hot. It is watered from time to time, if necessary. In this way, it passes into a mucilaginous state; and is then pounded into a paste, washed in running water, and kneaded till it is free from dirt and chips. Lastly, it is left for four or five days in earthen vessels, to ferment and purify itself, when it becomes fit for use. It ought to be greenish, sour, gluey, stringy, and sticky. ...
— The Art of Travel - Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries • Francis Galton
... some seeds are sticky.—Some seeds and fruits are sticky; in some instances the mucilaginous substance is normally moist enough to adhere to anything that touches it, while in other cases it requires to be wetted before it will adhere. The seeds of flax, plantain, peppergrass, basil, sage, dracocephalum, groundsel, drop-seed grass, and ...
— Seed Dispersal • William J. Beal
... treatment is practically correct, the theory of it is all wrong. Lemon juice does good in mild cases, but cannot be relied upon in severe attacks. During the febrile stage of acute articular rheumatism the diet should consist mainly of farinaceous and mucilaginous preparations, with lemonade and carbonic acid water as drinks. The cloths applied to the joints should be changed when they become saturated with sweat, and in changing them the patient should be protected from the air. The sweating may be controlled by small doses ...
— Scientific American Suppl. No. 299 • Various
... tree goes on at three points—in the leaves, in the rootlets, and in the cambium layer. The activity of the leaf and rootlet furnishes the starchy deposit which forms this generative layer—the milky, mucilaginous girdle of matter between the outer bark and the wood through which the tree grows and increases in size. Generation and regeneration take place through this layer. I have called it the girdle of perpetual youth. ...
— Under the Maples • John Burroughs


Words linked to "Mucilaginous" :   glutinous, sticky, gluey, pasty, viscid, gummy, mucilage, viscous, adhesive


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