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    SPANISH PSYLLIUM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     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 laxativeplay

    Synonyms:

    fleawort; Plantago psyllium; psyllium; Spanish psyllium

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    Nouns denoting plants

    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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