mucilage cell (musilajsel)

An individual cell secreting mucilage, as those which occur in various ferns, mo es, etc. mucilage-slit (mū ́si-lāj-slit), n. In bot., in the Anthoceroteæ, a slit on the under surface of the thallus, with no special guard-cells, and leading like a stoma into an intercellular space filled with mucilage. Goebel. 3885 mucus. It is a glutinous substance, soluble in weak alkalis, but not in water. mucinoid (mu'si-noid), a. [