Meanings
nounmucor (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountableThe property of being mucid.
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.
1682, Robert Boyle, “A Continuation of New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, Touching the Spring and Weight of the Air, and Their Effects. The Second Part. […]”, in The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. […], volume IV, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], published 1744, →OCLC, page 120, column 2
Origin
- Latinmucor
- Englishmucor
Borrowed from Latin mucor.
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APA
mucor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucor
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mucor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucor.
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