Meanings
plural heleniums
- Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Helenium, the dried leaves of which were once used to make a form of snuff.
Heleniums mostly have an upright habit, though the taller ones may need staking in spring or cutting back by half in early summer to stay that way.
2016, Nancy J. Ondra, The Perennial Matchmaker: Create Amazing Combinations with Your Favorite Perennials1 more example
Amongst the herbs to be administered when the charm was sung over him were a yew-berry, lupin, helenium, marsh mallow, dock elder, wormwood and strawberry leaves.
1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 16Synonyms: sneezeweed
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of various flowering plants, of the genus Helenium, the dried leaves of which were once used to make a form of snuff.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἑλένιον (helénion)
- Latinhelenium
- Englishhelenium
Borrowed from Translingual Helenium.
More words from translingual
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