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单词 elecampane
释义

elecampane

/ˌɛlɪkamˈpeɪn /
noun
A plant which has yellow daisy-like flowers with long slender petals and bitter aromatic roots that are used in herbal medicine, native to central Asia.
  • Inula helenium, family Compositae.
While elecampane root is better used for a cold or cough associated with coldness, weak digestion, low energy and whitish to clear mucus discharge....
  • Roots, such as those of elecampane, were used too.
  • On the other hand, the elecampane speech and the seemingly related Turkish Knight and Turkey Champion characters occur in the Truro / Father Christmas and Irish plays, but not in the Alexander text.

Origin

Late Middle English: from medieval Latin enula (from Greek helenion 'elecampane') + campana probably meaning 'of the fields' (from campus 'field').

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