Category: M
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Multi-access
(Of a key) not using a fixed starting point and a series of couplets, but allowing several possible starting points and lacking couplets.
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Mucronulate
Ending in a very short stiff point.
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Mucronate
Ending abruptly in a short stiff point. Possessing a hard short abrupt point. Tipped with a short, abrupt point. A leaf or bract (or, possibly, a fruit), otherwise blunt or rounded, with a small, bristle-like point at its tip.
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Mucro
A short sharp terminal point.
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Mucilaginous
Slimy, as if covered with mucilage. Substance that is slimy, gooey, sticky. It has the property of moistening, soothing, and helping heal skin and mucous membranes. Soft, moist, viscous and slimy. Having a moist, sticky quality resembling mucilage; secreting mucilage. Pertaining to or resembling or containing mucilage; slimy. Gummy or sticky substance that is soothing…
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Mucilage
Slime or jelly-like excretion, chemically composed of high molecular weight carbohydrate. A sticky substance often produced by plants. Natural gum derived form plants. Solution of viscous (slimy) substances (usually polysaccharides) that form a protective layer over inflamed mucosal tissues. A substance containing gelatinous constituents that are demulcent. Thick, glutinous substance, related to natural gums. Soluble…
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MS.
(From a) manuscript; unpublished.
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Mouth
The part where a tubular organ (such as the corolla) opens up into the lobes, the uppermost part of the tube. An opening at the head of the alimentary canal, through which food and drink are taken in, and through which a person speaks and can breathe. Oval cavity of the face, bounded by the…
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Mottled
With spots or blotches of a different colour. With patches of different colours.
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Motile
Actively moving. Capable of spontaneous movement. To a cell or microorganism which can move spontaneously. Being able to move spontaneously, without external aid: usually applied to a microorganism or a cell (e.g. a sperm cell).