See also:

• MUCILAGE (from Late Lat. mucilago, a mouldy juice, from mucere, to be mouldy)

MUCILAGE (from See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. mucilago, a mouldy juice, from mucere, to be mouldy)  , a See also:

• TERM

term which denotes a viscid or glutinous mixture of See also:

• WATER

water and any gummy See also:

• VEGETABLE

vegetable substance (see See also:

• GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in

GUM) . Mucilages are useful in See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine as vehicles for various insoluble and other drugs, and in the arts as thickeners (in See also:

• CALICO

calico-See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing, See also:

• DYEING (0. Eng. dedgian, dealt ; Mid. Eng. deyen)

dyeing, &c.) . The See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• PHARMACOPOEIA (lit. the art of the OapµaK07robbs, or drug-compounder)

pharmacopoeia contains the mucilages of See also:

• ACACIA

acacia and tragacanth .