elecampane

American  

[el-i-kam-payn] / ˌɛl ɪ kæmˈpeɪn /

noun

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

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elecampane British  

/ ˌɛlɪkæmˈpeɪn /

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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Etymology

Origin of elecampane

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 campāna, equivalent to camp ( us ) field + -āna, feminine of -ānus -ane, -an

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Example Sentences

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elecampane

God was in the details: in the petals of a cornflower or the veins of an elecampane leaf, in the grain of stone or the purling of a brook.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lungwort, maiden-hair, hyssop, elecampane and hoarhound steeped together, is an almost certain cure for a cough.

From The American Frugal Housewife by Lydia Maria Francis Child

Take powdered elecampane root, powdered liquorice root, powdered anise seed, and sulphur, of each one dram.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

The elecampane has not always led a vagabond existence.

From Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan

Take horehound herb, elecampane root, spikenard root, ginseng root, black cohosh, and skunk cabbage root, of each a good-sized handful.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

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