mucilage
English Thesaurus
1. cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | cement, |
| definition | : | something that hardens to act as adhesive material (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | animal glue, |
| definition | : | a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | casein glue, |
| definition | : | made from casein; used for e.g. plywood and cabinetwork (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | fish glue, |
| definition | : | gelatinous substance obtained by boiling skins fins and bones of fish (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | marine glue, |
| definition | : | glue that is not water soluble (noun.substance) |
2. a gelatinous substance secreted by plants (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | gum, |
| definition | : | any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying (noun.substance) |
3. cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive (noun.substance)
| derivation | : | glue, |
| definition | : | be fixed as if by glue (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | glue, paste, |
| definition | : | join or attach with or as if with glue (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | gum, |
| definition | : | cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous, gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous, |
| definition | : | having the sticky properties of an adhesive (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | glue, |
| definition | : | be fixed as if by glue (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | glue, paste, |
| definition | : | join or attach with or as if with glue (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | gum, |
| definition | : | cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous, gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous, |
| definition | : | having the sticky properties of an adhesive (adj.all) |
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