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| − | A small, dark brown, shiny seed from the ''Plantago psyllium'' plant native to Southern Europe. Fleaseed contains a mucilaginous compound that is extracted in boiling water. This starchy solution was used for sizing [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=silk silk] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=paper paper] and printing [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=textile textiles]. It was also used in conjunction with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=gum | + | A small, dark brown, shiny seed from the ''Plantago psyllium'' plant native to Southern Europe. Fleaseed contains a mucilaginous compound that is extracted in boiling water. This starchy solution was used for sizing [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=silk silk] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=paper paper] and printing [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=textile textiles]. It was also used in conjunction with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=gum%20tragacanth gum tragacanth] for marbling papers. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
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== Authority == | == Authority == | ||
| − | * | + | * Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, ''Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology'', U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982 |
| − | * | + | * Random House, ''Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language'', Grammercy Book, New York, 1997 Comment: fleawort |
* ''The American Heritage Dictionary'' or ''Encarta'', via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998 | * ''The American Heritage Dictionary'' or ''Encarta'', via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998 | ||
Revision as of 06:46, 24 July 2013
Description
A small, dark brown, shiny seed from the Plantago psyllium plant native to Southern Europe. Fleaseed contains a mucilaginous compound that is extracted in boiling water. This starchy solution was used for sizing silk and paper and printing textiles. It was also used in conjunction with gum tragacanth for marbling papers.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Plantago psyllium; psyllium; psillio (It); fleawort
Additional Images
Redseed Plantago rhodosperma
Authority
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997 Comment: fleawort
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998