Definitions for mucilage

mucilage mu·ci·lage

Spelling: [myoo-suh-lij]
IPA: /ˈmyu sə lɪdʒ/

Mucilage is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 295 anagrams from letters in mucilage (acegilmu).

Definitions for mucilage

noun

  1. any of various, usually liquid, preparations of gum, glue, or the like, used as an adhesive.
  2. any of various gummy secretions or gelatinous substances present in plants.

Origin of mucilage

1350-1400; Middle English muscilage Middle French musillage Late Latin mūcilāgō a musty juice, akin to mūcēre to be musty. See mucor

Examples for mucilage

All the Malvace abound in mucilage, and they all have woody fibre in their stems.

mucilage, paste, stationery; the half-dozen sorts of envelopes and letter-heads.

It had been stuck there by a drop of mucilage, and the mucilage was still wet.

Sue says she believes it's mucilage, and I think she's right.

It had been well rubbed in, too, made of a plastic adherence by the addition of mucilage.

He wondered how he could ever have cared for this molasses and mucilage girl.

Put a little of the mucilage from slippery elm in a teaspoon.

Under the dribble of the mucilage the fire in his eyes had flickered and sunk.

The binder may be either glue or mucilage mixed with the water.

But when they took to dipping them in mucilage he made a complaint to the Board of Directors.

Word Value for mucilage
Scrable

13

Words with friends

18

Similar words for mucilage
Word of the day