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elecampane

[ el-i-kam-peyn ]

noun

  1. a composite weed, Inula helenium, naturalized in North America, having large yellow flowers and aromatic leaves and root.


elecampane

/ ˌɛ±ôɪ°ì泾ˈ±è±ðɪ²Ô /

noun

  1. a perennial flowering plant, Inula helenium, of Europe, Asia, and North America having large hairy leaves and narrow yellow petals: family Asteraceae (composites)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of elecampane1

1350–1400; Middle English, equivalent to Old English ele ( ne ), eolone (metathetic alteration of Medieval Latin enula, Latin inula elecampane) + Middle English campane < Medieval Latin ³¦²¹³¾±èÄå²Ô²¹, equivalent to camp ( us ) field + -Äå²Ô²¹, feminine of -Äå²Ô³Ü²õ -ane, -an
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of elecampane1

C16: from Medieval Latin enula campãna, from enula (from Greek helenion ) + ³¦²¹³¾±èã²Ô³Ü²õ of the field
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Among the products of the order, may be mentioned chicory, lettuce, the artichoke, the vegetable oyster, arnica, chamomile-flowers, wormwood, absinth, elecampane, coltsfoot, taraxacum, oil of tansy, etc.

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There wormwood, sage wine, elecampane, quince and lemon drinks, with hippocras, were to clear the heads and stomachs of the drinkers; for for one and all there was the devil to pay.

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There were all kinds of syrups made from herbs such as spike nard and elecampane for coughs and tuberculosis.

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I'm goin' to fix her up some hoarhound an' elecampane quick's the ground's nice an' warm an' roots livens up a grain more.

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It may be driven away by smoke, especially by that from inula helenium, elecampane; and by that of cannabis, hemp.

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