Sentence examples for mucilage from inspiring English sources

The effects are seen in the rise of jellyfish, and also in algal blooms and "blobs", something he describes as "the rise of slime .Indeed, a report recently identified increases in marine mucilage, a seasonal phenomenon consisting of a gelatinous mess of decomposing sea animals, plants, faeces and anything else that has become entrapped in the slime.

Pulps are removed mechanically, but the beans are dried without any intermediate fermentation, and the mucilage is not removed until after drying.

In certain parts of Ecuador, the mucilage from Catasetum is thought to be good for broken bones.

Distinctive cyclopropenoid fatty acids are common in members of Malvales, although whether they occur in all families of the order is unknown; mucilage cells are common, as are stipules.

After sporadic rainfall, crust organisms and their mucilage absorb up to 10 times their volume in water and later release the water slowly into the soil.

Functionally, ligules are believed to be secretory organs that, by exuding water and possibly mucilage, serve to keep young leaves and sporangia moist.

They feature bladderlike floats (pneumatocysts), disk-shaped holdfasts for clinging to rocks, and mucilage-covered blades that resist desiccation and temperature changes.

They squeeze the berries, and out pop the seeds -- fresh coffee beans, coated in a sweet mucilage-like substance.

Types of soluble fibre are gums, pectins, some hemicelluloses, and mucilages; fruits (especially citrus fruits and apples), oats, barley, and legumes are major food sources.

The glandular trichomes produce and secrete substances such as oils, mucilages, resins, and, in the case of carnivorous plants, digestive juices.

There are many modifications limiting transpiration: two examples are a multilayered epidermis covered by thick layers of epicuticular wax or mucilages secreted into stomates; another is dense mats of trichomes on both surfaces of the leaf and guard cells and stomata sunken into the lower surface and often lined with numerous trichomes, which trap moisture, thereby inhibiting total water loss.