Meanings
nouninula (countable and uncountable, plural inulas)
plural inulas
- countableuncountableAny of several plants of the genus Inula, such as elecampane.
In springtime the ruins are a blaze of contrapuntal colour: wild gladioli of magenta, bright yellow inulas and spiky acanthus thrust up among sarcophagi carpeted with tiny blue saxifrage and sprawled over by convolvulus with great pink trumpets.
1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 45
Origin
- Latininula
- Englishinula
From Latin inula. Compare elecampane.
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Czech oman, voman
- omanplant of the genus Inula
- vomanplant of the genus Inula
Dutch alant, alantswortel
- alantplant of the genus Inula
- alantsworteldried root
Finnish hirvenjuuri, hirvenjuuri
- hirvenjuuriplant of the genus Inula
- hirvenjuuridried root
Polish oman, oman
- omanplant of the genus Inula
- omandried root
Russian девяси́л
- девяси́л (devjasíl)plant of the genus Inula
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APA
inula. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inula
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“inula.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inula. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inula,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inula.
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