Mucor
//ˈmjuːkə(ɹ)// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The property of being mucid. obsolete, uncountable
"This day I perceived one tulip in the compreſſed air to be infected vvith ſome mucor or ſinevv; but thoſe, vvhich remained in the common air, vvere all very mucid; and alſo one of the lark-ſpurs, in the common air, had contracted a mucor."
- 2 any mold of the genus Mucor wordnet
Example
More examples"This day I perceived one tulip in the compreſſed air to be infected vvith ſome mucor or ſinevv; but thoſe, vvhich remained in the common air, vvere all very mucid; and alſo one of the lark-ſpurs, in the common air, had contracted a mucor."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mucor.
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