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Mucilage

Mucilage is a thick gluey substance produced by nearly all plants and some microorganisms. The eukaryotic microorganisms protists use it for their locomotion, with the direction of their movement always opposite to that of the secretion of mucilage. It is a polar glycoprotein and an exopolysaccharide. Mucilage in plants plays a role in the storage of…

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Plant sources

Aloe veraWatershieldAlthaeaBasella albaCactus
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Occurrence

MicroaggregatesSoilsAlgaeEcologyUnicellular
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Human uses

MedicineDietary fiberPsylliumInner barkSlippery elm (Ulmus rubra)
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Ecological implications for plants

AllelopathyDNAIrradiationDistribution rangeMaize
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Mucilage

Nodes84
Edges83
Triples46
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02381
Components1

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Mucilage

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related to Plant sources · 14
Mucilage → Aloe, CactusChondrus, Chinese, Corchorus, Dioscorea, Drosera, Drosophyllum, Irish, Malabar, Plantago, Psyllium, Talinum, TaroUlmus, The
related to Occurrence · 8
Mucilage → Among, Drosera, Exopolysaccharides, It, Pinguicula, The, Therefore, Volvocales
related to External links · 7
Mucilage → Cambridge University Press, Chisholm, Encyclopædia Britannica, Hugh, Mucilage Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, Vol
related to Ecological implications for plants · 6
Mucilage → DNA, Mexico, Oaxaca, Some, The, The Sierra Mixe
related to Human uses · 4
Mucilage → It, North American, The, Ulmus
see also · 3
Mucilage → Marine, Plants, Type
is a · 1
Mucilage → thick gluey substance produced by nearly all plants and some microorganisms

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plants seed algae used produced plant also microorganisms water species role seeds especially soils drosera pinguicula sources flax germination known

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Mucilageis athick gluey substance produced by nearly all plants and some microorganisms0.90text
labelsinstance ofespecially for bonding paper items0.80text
postage stampsinstance ofespecially for bonding paper items0.80text
and envelope flapsinstance ofespecially for bonding paper items0.80text
Mucilagerelated to Ecological implications for plantsThe0.60section
Mucilagerelated to Ecological implications for plantsSome0.60section
Mucilagerelated to Ecological implications for plantsDNA0.60section
Mucilagerelated to Ecological implications for plantsThe Sierra Mixe0.60section
Mucilagerelated to Ecological implications for plantsOaxaca0.60section
Mucilagerelated to Ecological implications for plantsMexico0.60section
Mucilagerelated to External linksMucilage Columbia Encyclopedia0.60section
Mucilagerelated to External linksSixth Edition0.60section

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