Mū'ci-la-ge, n.
n. [Fr. mucilage, Pr. mucellage, Sp. mucilago, Pg. mucilagem, It. mucilaggine, macillaggine, mucellaggine, L. Lat. mucilago, muccago, from muccus, Lat. mucus, mucus, slime.]
Sense 1. (Chem.) One of the proximate elements of vegetables. The same substance is a gum when solid, and a mucilage when in solution.
Both the ingredients improve one another; for the mucilage adds to the lubricity of the oil, and the oil preserves the mucilage from inspissation. Ray
Sense 2. An aqueous solution of gum.
Animal mucilage. See MUCUS.