| slovo | definícia |
helenium
(wn) | Helenium
n 1: genus of American herbs with flowers having yellow rays:
sneezeweeds [syn: Helenium, genus Helenium] |
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Helenium autumnale
(gcide) | Sneezeweed \Sneeze"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
A yellow-flowered composite plant (Helenium autumnale) the
odor of which is said to cause sneezing.
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Inula Helenium
(gcide) | Inulin \In"u*lin\, n. [From NL. Inula Helenium, the
elecampane: cf. F. inuline.] (Chem.)
A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in
the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other
plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is
extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline
substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric,
having fructose units in place of most of the glucose units.
It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar, and
replaces starch as the reserve food in Compositae. Called
also dahlin, helenin, alantin, alant starch, etc.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Elecampane \El`e*cam*pane"\, n. [F. ['e]nulecampane, NL. inula
campana; L. inula elecampane + LL. campana a bell; cf. G.
glockenwurz, i. e., "bellwort."]
1. (Bot.) A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with
composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent
taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute
as a stomachic.
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2. A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant.
[1913 Webster]Helenin \Hel"e*nin\, n. (Chem.)
A neutral organic substance found in the root of the
elecampane (Inula helenium), and extracted as a white
crystalline or oily material, with a slightly bitter taste.
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Inula helenium
(gcide) | Inulin \In"u*lin\, n. [From NL. Inula Helenium, the
elecampane: cf. F. inuline.] (Chem.)
A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in
the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other
plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is
extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline
substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric,
having fructose units in place of most of the glucose units.
It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar, and
replaces starch as the reserve food in Compositae. Called
also dahlin, helenin, alantin, alant starch, etc.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Elecampane \El`e*cam*pane"\, n. [F. ['e]nulecampane, NL. inula
campana; L. inula elecampane + LL. campana a bell; cf. G.
glockenwurz, i. e., "bellwort."]
1. (Bot.) A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with
composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent
taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute
as a stomachic.
[1913 Webster]
2. A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant.
[1913 Webster]Helenin \Hel"e*nin\, n. (Chem.)
A neutral organic substance found in the root of the
elecampane (Inula helenium), and extracted as a white
crystalline or oily material, with a slightly bitter taste.
[1913 Webster] |
genus helenium
(wn) | genus Helenium
n 1: genus of American herbs with flowers having yellow rays:
sneezeweeds [syn: Helenium, genus Helenium] |
helenium
(wn) | Helenium
n 1: genus of American herbs with flowers having yellow rays:
sneezeweeds [syn: Helenium, genus Helenium] |
helenium autumnale
(wn) | Helenium autumnale
n 1: North American perennial with bright yellow late summer
flowers [syn: autumn sneezeweed, Helenium autumnale] |
helenium hoopesii
(wn) | Helenium hoopesii
n 1: stout perennial herb of western United States having flower
heads with drooping orange-yellow rays; causes spewing
sickness in sheep [syn: orange sneezeweed, owlclaws,
Helenium hoopesii] |
helenium puberulum
(wn) | Helenium puberulum
n 1: a sneezeweed of southwestern United States especially
southern California [syn: rosilla, Helenium puberulum] |
inula helenium
(wn) | Inula helenium
n 1: tall coarse Eurasian herb having daisylike yellow flowers
with narrow petals whose rhizomatous roots are used
medicinally [syn: elecampane, Inula helenium] |
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