elecampane

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a tall Eurasian plant of the daisy family, Inula helenium, formerly valued for its aromatic medicinal root

   The healer steeped elecampane root in hot water.

From Middle English elena campana, reshaped through confusion between Latin enula campana, 'field elecampane,' and helenium, the classical plant name. Folk tradition later associated helenium with Helen of Troy.

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