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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 954 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MUCILAGE (from
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Late
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Lat. mucilago, a mouldy juice, from mucere, to be mouldy)  , a
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term which denotes a viscid or glutinous mixture of
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water and any gummy
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vegetable substance (see
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GUM) . Mucilages are useful in
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medicine as vehicles for various insoluble and other drugs, and in the arts as thickeners (in
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calico-
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printing,
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dyeing, &c.) . The
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British
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pharmacopoeia contains the mucilages of
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acacia and tragacanth .

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