Mucilage
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mucilage-208-5991160
title:
Mucilage
text:
Mucilage is a thick gluey substance produced by nearly all plants and some microorganisms. These microorganisms include protists which 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 water and food, seed germination, and thickening membranes. Cacti and flax seeds are especially rich sources of mucilage.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Thick, gluey substance produced by nearly all plants and some microorganisms
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucilage
date created:
2004-03-16T07:36:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T06:56:08Z
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13
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