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Definition of Inula
1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Inula.
Specialized synonyms: Elecampane, Inula Helenium
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Inula
1. Noun. Any of several plants, of the genus ''Inula'', such as elecampane ¹
2. Noun. The dried root of such a plant used as a stimulant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inula
1. a type of plant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inula
Literary usage of Inula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs by Albert Schneider (1921)
"Resin ducts not noticeable in powder. No starch. Allied plants are inula squarrosa,
Pulicaria dysenterica and Carlina acaulis. ..."
2. A Manual of organic materia medica: Being a Guide to Materia Medica of the by John Michael Maisch (1892)
"Habitat.—Central and Southern Europe, and eastward to Central Asia ; spontaneous
in the United States ; cultivated. Fio. 29. inula.—Transverse section ..."
3. The British Flora Medica: A History of the Medicinal Plants of Great Britain by Benjamin Herbert Barton, Thomas Castle (1877)
"inula HELENIUM, L. ELECAMPANE. Nat. Ord. COMPOSIT. ... The generic name inula,
is said to be an alteration of ..."
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