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Inula helenium

Inula helenium

9.9
A tall herb from Europe and Asia with yellow daisy-like flowers and roots used as medicine
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The roots of Inula helenium have been used in traditional herbal medicine for centuries.

Examples

  • Gardeners appreciate Inula helenium for its tall stature and showy yellow flowers.

  • Researchers are studying the health benefits of extracts from Inula helenium roots.

  • The Inula helenium plant thrives in damp soil.

  • I found some Inula helenium growing in my garden.

  • Gardeners appreciate Inula helenium for its tall stature and showy yellow flowers.

  • Researchers are studying the health benefits of extracts from Inula helenium roots.

  • The roots of Inula helenium have been used in traditional herbal medicine for centuries.

Synonyms

elecampane
vsInula helenium
9.9

A tall plant from Europe and Asia with yellow flowers and roots used in traditional medicine

is the scientific botanical name for the same plant

Surface Forms

Inula helenium singular
Inulae helenium plural

Morphology

Inula + Helenium

Both constituents are botanical genus names that refer to herbaceous, daisy-like plants, so a learner who knows those meanings can reasonably infer that Inula helenium is a type of plant or herb. However, as a Latin binomial the full, specific sense (tall coarse habit, medicinal use, common name elecampane) is specialized and not fully predictable from the parts, making the expression only partially transparent.

Etymology

Inula helenium may come from the word helenium, linked to Helen of Troy because people long ago used the plant's roots to 'heal' wounds and as a 'medicine'. So the name helps you remember a tall yellow flower whose roots were used for healing.