| 21. | The main component is organic matter, stemming from de-pulping and mucilage removal.
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| 22. | The nutlets produce copious mucilage when wet.
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| 23. | As the plankton feeds on the mucilage, excess pollen grains stick to their bodies.
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| 24. | Root mucilage is apart of a wider secrete from plant roots known as root exudate.
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| 25. | Keeping it all together _ and only temporarily at that _ were large globs of mucilage.
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| 26. | Botanists call it mucilage; Southerners, matter-of-factly, call it slime.
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| 27. | Mucilage yield amounts to about 25 % ( by weight ) of the total seed yield.
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| 28. | This mucilage is generally used to prevent insect predation by trapping and degrading potentially harmful insects.
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| 29. | The mucilage certainly contributes towards the seal, and the sugars may help to attract prey.
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| 30. | As a mucilage or paste, it has been used as a topical treatment for burns.
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