Elecampane

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A tall coarse plant (Inula helenium) native to central Asia, having rayed yellow flower heads. The roots are used medicinally.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A tall Eurasian herb, Inula helenium, whose roots have been used medicinally
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic.
  • n. A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The common name of Inula Helenium, a coarse stout composite plant, a native of central Europe and Asia, sometimes cultivated, and often found naturalized in meadows and pastures in the eastern United States.
  • n. A coarse sweetmeat, professedly made from the root of the plant, but really composed of little else than colored sugar.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. tall coarse Eurasian herb having daisylike yellow flowers with narrow petals whose rhizomatous roots are used medicinally
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