Search the Dictionary

Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

98,828 entries. Headwords are matched first, then definition text.

8 words match “MUCILAGE”

MUCILAGE n. 2 definitions
An aqueous solution of gum, or of substances allied to it; as, medicinal mucilage; mucilage for fastening envelopes.
ARABIN n.
Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic.
CUBILOSE n.
A mucilagenous secretion of certain birds found as the characteristic ingredient of edible bird's-nests.
DRAGANTINE n.
A mucilage obtained from, or containing, gun tragacanth.
KETMIE n.
The name of certain African species of Hibiscus, cultivated for the acid of their mucilage. [Written also ketmia.]
MUCILAGINOUS a. 3 definitions
Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.
OKRA n.
l plant (Abelmoschus, or Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. [Written also ocra and ochra.]
SLIPPERY a.
te; loose in morals. Shak. Slippery elm. (Bot.) (a) An American tree (Ulmus fulva) with a mucilagenous and slightly aromatic inner bark which is sometimes used medicinally; also, the inner bark itself. (b) A malvaceous shrub (Fremontia Californica); -- so called on the Pacific coast.