名詞 psyllium:

1. plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative
   同義詞：fleawort, Spanish psyllium, Plantago psyllium

psyl.li.um

n.（名詞）
An annual Eurasian plant(Plantago psyllium) having opposite leaves and small flowers borne in dense spikes.
蚤草：一年生的歐亞植物（亞麻籽車前草 車前草屬） 有對生葉片，濃密的穗中長有小花
The seeds of this plant, widely used as a mild bulk laxative and sometimes added to foods as a dietary source of soluble fiber.
亞麻籽車前的籽：這種植物的種子，作為溫和的散裝緩瀉劑而被廣泛使用，有時加在食物中作為可溶纖維的飲食上的來源

來源：
New Latin
現(xiàn)代拉丁語
from Greek psullion [diminutive of] psulla [flea (from the plant`s use against fleas)]
源自 希臘語 psullion [] psulla的小后綴 [虱子（從該植物的防虱作用而來）]