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‖ psyllium|ˈpsɪlɪəm|
Also 6 psylly.
[L. psyllium, a. Gr. ψύλλιον, f. ψύλλα flea.]
The herb Plantago psyllium; = fleawort; also, (a preparation of) the seeds of this plant or of Psillium ovata or P. indica, used as a laxative. Also attrib.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. iii. Furies 176 The dropsie-breeding, sorrow-bringing psylly, Here called fleawort. 1601Holland Pliny II. 239 Psyllium, Fleawort, is good for the vlcers thereof. 1706Phillips, Psyllium, the Herb Flea-bane or Flea-wort. 1897W. T. Fernie Herbal Simples (ed. 2) 436 In France these Psyllium seeds..are widely prescribed as a laxative. 1932R. C. Wren Potter's Cycl. Bot. Drugs (ed. 4) 281 Psyllium is used successfully in dysentery in the tropics. 1959Times 30 Dec. 8/6 The mailman dragged in a sack of black Psyllium seeds from France. 1977Martindale's Extra Pharmacopoeia (ed. 27) 929/1 Psyllium, on account of its content of mucilage, is used as a demulcent. |