- mucilage
[mucilage 词源字典]
- mucilage: see mucus
[mucilage etymology, mucilage origin, 英语词源] - mucilage (n.)
- late 14c., mussillage, "viscous substance found in vegetable material," from Old French mucilage (14c.), from Late Latin mucilago "musty or moldy juice" (4c.), from Latin mucere "be musty or moldy," from mucus "mucus" (see mucus). Meaning "adhesive" is first attested 1859.