inula

See also: Inula

English

Etymology

From Latin inula. Compare elecampane.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnjʊlə/, /ˈɪnjələ/

Noun

inula (countable and uncountable, plural inulas)

1. Any of several plants of the genus Inula, such as elecampane.
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 45:

     In springtime the ruins are a blaze of contrapuntal colour: wild gladioli of magenta, bright yellow inulas and spiky acanthus thrust up among sarcophagi carpeted with tiny blue saxifrage and sprawled over by convolvulus with great pink trumpets.

2. The dried root of such a plant used as a stimulant.

Derived terms

• inulin

Translations

plant of the genus Inula

Czech: oman m, voman m Dutch: alant (nl) m Finnish: hirvenjuuri (fi) Kashubian: osmòs m Polish: oman (pl) m Russian: девяси́л (ru) m (devjasíl)

dried root

Dutch: alantswortel (nl) m Finnish: hirvenjuuri (fi) Polish: oman (pl) m

Further reading

• Inula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Inula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Liu'an, uinal

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.nu.la/
• Rhymes: -inula
• Hyphenation: ì‧nu‧la

Noun

inula f (plural inule)

1. inula

Anagrams

• ulani