psyllium

See also: Psyllium

English

From Latin psyllium, psyllion, from Ancient Greek ψύλλιον (psúllion), from ψύλλα (psúlla, “flea”).

psyllium (usually uncountable, plural psylliums)

Any of several plants of the genus Plantago, whose seeds are used commercially for the production of mucilage and their laxative properties.
Synonyms: fleawort, ispaghula

group of plants

Arabic: بَزَرْقَطُونَا‎ f (bazarqaṭūnā), أَسْفِيُوس‎ m (ʾasfiyūs) (obsolete)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܙܪܱܥ ܩܱܛܘܿܢܳܐ‎ m (zəraʿ qaṭṭōnā) or ܙܪܱܥ ܩܷܛܘܿܢܳܐ‎ m (zəraʿ qeṭōnā)
Assamese: please add this translation if you can
Bengali: please add this translation if you can
Czech: psyllium n
French: ispaghul m
German: Flöhkraut n, Flohkraut n, Flohwegerich m, its seeds and occasionally the plant being Flohsamen pl
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ψύλλιον n (psúllion), ψυλλίον n (psullíon)
Gondi: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: इसबगोल (hi) (isabgol), इस्पगगोल (ispaggol), इस्पगोल (ispagol)

psyllium n

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