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psyllium

psyllium [CL < ψύλλιον], psyllios , (bot.) psyllium plantain, fleawort, fleaseed (Plantago psyllium or indica). herba psillios ‥ wiþ heafodes sare Leechdoms I 62; psillium, pulicaris, aquileia Gl. Laud. 1157; spillios [i. e. psillios], i. pulicaris Ib. 1327; cur elementorum qualitates in summo dicuntur esse, cum aqua quedam sint frigidiora, ut glacies et psillium? Quaest. Salern. C 33; sillium [v. l. psillium] est herba complexionata et non est adeo frigida J. Blund An. 227; et licet infrigident magis artus psyllia nostros Neckam DS III 161; huic morbo [sc. veneri] prebet remedium mira psilii frigiditas Id. NR II 166 p. 275; in aqua decoctionis ‥ foliorum salicis ‥ psillii, vinee Gilb. I 19v. 1; 12‥ psillium, i. lusesed WW; valent christallus et camphora si dentur cum mucillagine psillii facta in aqua rosata ‥ similiter psilium ponatur in sacco lineo ‥ et tunc saccus ponatur in aqua ‥ et extrahatur et ponatur in ore; summe valet Gad. 5v. 1; allefias, i. psillium SB 9; zarchaton, i. psillium SB 44; chille, herbe, cilium ‥ pilium PP; herba sancti Pauli ‥ dicitur persillium insipidum Alph. 79; herba pullicaris vel herba pollicaris, respice in percillium [l. psyllium] Ib. 83; zaitaron vel acaron, i. psillium Ib. 198.

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