HELENIUM

Helenium, genus Helenium

(noun) genus of American herbs with flowers having yellow rays: sneezeweeds

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

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.

Synonyms

• sneezeweed

Source: Wiktionary



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