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SPANISH PSYLLIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spanish psyllium mean? 

SPANISH PSYLLIUM (noun)
  The noun SPANISH PSYLLIUM has 1 sense:

1. plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxativeplay

  Familiarity information: SPANISH PSYLLIUM used as a noun is very rare.


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SPANISH PSYLLIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fleawort; Plantago psyllium; psyllium; Spanish psyllium

Hypernyms ("Spanish psyllium" is a kind of...):

plantain (any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally)


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