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psyllium

/sˈɪliəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
psyl-li-um
IPA
/sˈɪliəm/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several plants of Plantago subg. Psyllium.

Uncountable

noun

The seed husk of such plants, especially as a commercial dietary supplement used for mucilage and as a mild laxative.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin psyllium, from Ancient Greek ψύλλιον (psúllion, “fleawort”), from ψύλλα (psúlla, “flea”) + -ιον (-ion, forming neuter diminutives).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: psyllium, ψύλλιον

Usage

Inflected Forms

psylliums (plural)

Synonyms

fleawort ispaghula spanish psyllium plantago psyllium

Rhymes With

beryllium gilliam

Questions

How do you pronounce psyllium?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɪliəm/.
What does psyllium mean?
Any of several plants of Plantago subg. Psyllium.
Where does psyllium come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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