elecampane

/el-i-kam-peyn/US // ˌɛl ɪ kæmˈpeɪn //UK // (ˌɛlɪkæmˈpeɪn) //

榄菊花,榄香烯,榄菊,榄仁

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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

One time the weather was very sharp, and I had taken great cold, I got a little elecampane beer.
Elecampane, now known as the sweetmeat of childhood, was esteemed for ages in the domestic herbal.
This was in pennyroyal time, and when the rare lobelia was in its prime and the elecampane was coming on.
"I just saw a nice plant o' elecampane growin' back there," she said presently to her daughter.
Inula (elecampane) has been employed as a cough remedy in England for centuries.