Categories: Medicinal Plant
Elecampane (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Middle English elena campana, from a confusion of Latin enula campana and helenium.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɛlɪkamˈpeɪn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɛləkæmˈpeɪn/
Noun
elecampane (countable and uncountable, plural elecampanes)
- A tall Eurasian herb, Inula helenium, whose roots have been used medicinally
- Synonyms: horseheal, scabwort
- Hypernym: inula
