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Any of several plants of Plantago subg. Psyllium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fleawort, ispaghula
Antonyms: none provided
The seed husk of such plants, especially as a commercial dietary supplement used for mucilage and as a mild laxative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fleawort, Spanish psyllium, Plantago psyllium
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plantain
From Latin psyllium, from Ancient Greek ψύλλιον (psúllion, “fleawort”), from ψύλλα (psúlla, “flea”) + -ιον (-ion, forming neuter diminutives).
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
بَزَرْقَطُونَا
(bazarqaṭūnā)
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Arabic:
أَسْفِيُوس
(ʔasfiyūs)
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Arabic:
إِسْبَغُول
(ʔisbaḡōl)
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Aramaic:
ܙܪܱܥ ܩܱܛܘܿܢܳܐ m or ܙܪܱܥ ܩܷܛܘܿܢܳܐ
(zəraʿ qaṭṭōnā)
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Middle Armenian:
բզրկատուն
(bzrkatun)
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Bengali:
ইসবগুল
(isbogul)
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Bulgarian:
индийски бял живовляк
(indijski bjal živovljak)
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Czech:
psyllium
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Finnish:
ratamo
— Subgenus of Plantago
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French:
ispaghul
— Subgenus of Plantago
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German:
Flöhkraut
— Subgenus of Plantago
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German:
Flohkraut
— Subgenus of Plantago
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German:
Flohwegerich
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Ancient Greek:
ψύλλιον
(psúllion)
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Ancient Greek:
ψυλλίον
(psullíon)
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Hindi:
इसबग़ोल
(isabġol)
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Italian:
ispaghul
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Latin:
pūlicāria
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Latin:
psyllion
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Latin:
psyllium
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Latin:
acaron
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Pashto:
سپېغول
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Persian:
اسپرزه
(esparze)
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Polish:
babka płesznik
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Russian:
исфа́гула
(isfágula)
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Spanish:
psyllium
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Spanish:
psilio
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Swedish:
groblad
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Ottoman Turkish:
پیره اوتی
(pire otu)
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Urdu:
اسبغول
(isabgol, isbagol)
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Urdu:
اسبغول
(ispagol)
— Subgenus of Plantago
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Finnish:
psyllium
— psyllium seed husk, as a dietary supplement
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German:
Flohsamen
— psyllium seed husk, as a dietary supplement
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German:
Flohsamenschalen
— psyllium seed husk, as a dietary supplement
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Hungarian:
útifűmag
— psyllium seed husk, as a dietary supplement
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Hungarian:
útifűmaghéj
— psyllium seed husk, as a dietary supplement
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Polish:
ziarno babki płesznika
— psyllium seed husk, as a dietary supplement
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Spanish:
psilio
— psyllium seed husk, as a dietary supplement
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Swedish:
psylliumfrö
— psyllium seed husk, as a dietary supplement
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Swedish:
loppfrö
— psyllium seed husk, as a dietary supplement
