In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MUCILAGE
glue, gum, mucilage
(noun) cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
mucilage
(noun) a gelatinous substance secreted by plants
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mucilage (usually uncountable, plural mucilages)
A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.
Source: Wiktionary
Mu"ci*lage, n. Etym: [F., from L. mucilago a musty juice, fr. mucus mucus, slime. See Mucus.]
1. (Bot. Chem.)
Definition: 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; as, medicinal mucilage; mucilage for fastening envelopes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
29 April 2024
SUBDUCTION
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
Coffee Trivia
