- Fleawort Seed
- FLEAWORT SEEDSeeds from a plant found in Southern Europe, also in Germany and Austria. Used as a finishing mucilage for fabrics, especially silk.
Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.
Fleawort Seed
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fleawort — flea·wort .wərt, .wȯ(ə)rt n any of three Old World plantains of the genus Plantago (esp. P. psyllium) that are the source of psyllium seed called also psyllium … Medical dictionary
psyllium seed — The cleaned, dried ripe seed of Plantago indica or of P. ovata. A mild cathartic that acts by absorbing water and providing indigestible mucilaginous bulk for the intestines. Must not be used in intestinal obstruction. SYN: plantago seed,… … Medical dictionary
psyllium — noun Etymology: New Latin psyllium, from Greek psyllion fleawort, from psylla Date: 1598 the seed of a fleawort (especially Plantago psyllium) that has the property of swelling and becoming gelatinous when moist and is used as a mild laxative… … New Collegiate Dictionary
plantago — The root and leaves of the common or large leaved plantain, P. major (family Plantaginaceae). [L. plantain] p. ovata coating the separated outer mucilaginous layers of P. ovata seeds; used in simple constipation associated with lack of sufficient … Medical dictionary
Senecio congestus — Swamp Ragwort Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (u … Wikipedia
psyllium — psyl·li·um sil ē əm n 1) FLEAWORT 2) PSYLLIUM SEED * * * psyl·li·um (silґe əm) 1. a plant of the genus Plantago. Blond p. is P. ovata and Spanish p. is P. psyllium. 2. the husk (psyllium husk) or seed (plantago or psyllium seed) of various… … Medical dictionary
psyllium — /sil ee euhm/, n. 1. fleawort. 2. Also called psyllium seed. the seeds of this plant, used as a laxative. [1595 1605; < NL < Gk psýllion, psyllíon, deriv. of psýlla flea] * * * … Universalium
fleaseed — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: so called from the resemblance of its seeds to fleas 1. : the seed of the fleawort 2. : an oak leaf gall of the southwestern United States that becomes detached and moves about independently due to the activity of the… … Useful english dictionary
