psyllium
noun
psyllium is a noun meaning “Any of several plants of Plantago subg. Psyllium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-S-Y-L-L-I-U-M and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 12 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of psyllium is psylliums.
What does psyllium mean?
noun
- 1
Any of several plants of Plantago subg. Psyllium.
- 2
The seed husk of such plants, especially as a commercial dietary supplement used for mucilage and as a mild laxative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce psyllium?
Psyllium has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of psyllium
- psylliums plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is psyllium?
Psyllium appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Psyllium in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ispaghul |
| German | Flöhkraut, Flohkraut, Flohwegerich , Flohsamen, Flohsamenschalen |
| Spanish | psyllium, psilio |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does psyllium come from?
From Latin psyllium, from Ancient Greek ψύλλιον (psúllion, “fleawort”), from ψύλλα (psúlla, “flea”) + -ιον (-ion, forming neuter diminutives).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).