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- noun Plural form of
mucilage .
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Up to 124 miles 200 kilometers long, the mucilages appear naturally, usually near Mediterranean coasts in summer
The Blob in your future Edstock 2009
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The water is also bound in extracellular mucilages and inulins — compounds that hold tightly onto the water.
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Minor components of fiber include uncooked starch and various gums, mucilages, and other unusual carbohydrates e.g., mushroom chitin, seaweed agar and carrageenan, inulin in onions, artichokes, and sunchokes.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Minor components of fiber include uncooked starch and various gums, mucilages, and other unusual carbohydrates e.g., mushroom chitin, seaweed agar and carrageenan, inulin in onions, artichokes, and sunchokes.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Studies of mucilages of corm and tuber of Colocasia esculenta Linn. (i) Emulsifying properties.
Chapter 32 1987
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Studies of mucilages of corm and tuber of Colocasia esculenta Linn. (ii) Binding properties.
Chapter 32 1987
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Tinctures, elixirs, sirups, and even mucilages are filtered rapidly.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 Various
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In this respect they are differentiated from the mucilages, which give a residue of cellulose
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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The pectins may be regarded as closely related to the mucilages
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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Oils, varnishes, and, in some measure, strong mucilages, are preventive of chemical action in the compounding of colours, by intervening and clothing the particles of pigments; and hence heterogeneous and injudicious tints and mixtures have sometimes stood well, but are not to be relied upon in practice.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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