PSYLLIUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

fleawort; Plantago psyllium; psyllium; Spanish psyllium

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("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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