plantago psyllium

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

   SynonymsfleawortpsylliumSpanish psyllium

   Broaderplantain

Questions about plantago psyllium

What does plantago psyllium mean?

plantago psyllium means "plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative".

What is another word for plantago psyllium?

Close synonyms include fleawort, psyllium, Spanish psyllium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is plantago psyllium a common word?

plantago psyllium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.