Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Mucilage

Mucilage , noun

[French, from Latin mucilago a musty juice, from mucus mucus, slime. See Mucus.]

1.
(Botany Chemistry) A gummy or gelatinous substance produced in certain plants by the action of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of quinces, of flax, etc.
2.
An aqueous solution of gum, or of substances allied to it; a glue; a liquid adhesive; as, medicinal mucilage; mucilage for fastening envelopes.