helenium
helenium noun: any of various flowering plants, of the genus Helenium, the dried leaves of which were once used to make a form of snuff.
Noun
helenium (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.
- 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 16
- 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 Perennials
- Synonyms:
- sneezeweed
Synonyms of helenium
Forms of helenium
| plural | heleniums |
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Origin of helenium
Borrowed from Translingual Helenium.
Words formed from helenium
Questions about helenium
- What does helenium mean?
- Helenium means any of various flowering plants, of the genus Helenium, the dried leaves of which were once used to make a form of snuff.
- What part of speech is helenium?
- Helenium is a noun.
- What is the plural of helenium?
- The plural of helenium is heleniums.
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