mucilaginous

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The setting agent As the name suggests, the first marshmallows were set with the mucilaginous root of the marsh mallow plant, which McGee describes as “the weedy relative of the hollyhock”.

From The Guardian

Their complaints about it all boil down to the same thing: okra is slimy, glutinous, gummy, gooey, mucilaginous.

From The Guardian

And, yes, there are tips on how to keep okra from being overly mucilaginous.

From Los Angeles Times

Its mucilaginous nature also made it a good salve.

From Washington Post

He observed that the women and children collected their beech oranges when “tough and mature”, and that they had a “mucilaginous, slightly sweet taste, with a faint smell like that of a mushroom.”

From Scientific American