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inula

UK/ˈɪnjʊlə/

inula noun: any of several plants of the genus Inula, such as elecampane.

inula: any of several plants of the genus Inula, such as elecampane
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Noun

inula (countable and uncountable, plural inulas)

  1. Any 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
  2. The dried root of such a plant used as a stimulant.

Forms of inula

pluralinulas

Origin of inula

From Latin inula. Compare elecampane.

Words formed from inula

Questions about inula

What does inula mean?
Inula means any of several plants of the genus Inula, such as elecampane.
What part of speech is inula?
Inula is a noun.
How do you pronounce inula?
Inula is pronounced /ˈɪnjʊlə/ (UK).
What is the plural of inula?
The plural of inula is inulas.

Words near inula in the dictionary

  1. inuksuk
  2. inuksuks
  3. Inuktitut
  4. Inuktun
  5. Inuktut
  6. inula
  7. inulas
  8. inulase
  9. inulases
  10. inulin
  11. inulinase

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