Helenium

Quick meaning: Helenium is a noun meaning Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Helenium, the dried leaves of which were once used to make a form of snuff.

Meaning

Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Helenium, the dried leaves of which were once used to make a form of snuff.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Word Forms

• heleniums

Synonyms for helenium

Depending on context, synonyms include sneezeweed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sneezeweed, helichrysum, bitterweed, helianthemum, yellowdicks, hedychium.

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