See Also: helenium(dictionary)

helenium (iou)



helenium noun. LME.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Greek helenion, perh. commemorating Helen of Troy.]
The herb elecampane, Inula helenium. LME-E17.
Any of various N. American plants of the genus Helenium, of the composite family, freq. grown for their yellow- or orange-rayed flowers. L18.