El'e-cam-pāne', n.
n. [Fr. énule-campane, It., Sp., & Pg. enula campana, N. Lat. inula campana, from Lat. inula helenium, Gr. ἐλένιον, It. énola, alla, and L. Lat. & It. campana, a bell; Ger. glockenwurz, i. e., bell-wort. According to Pliny, this plant was called helenium, as having sprung from the tears of Helen.]
Sense 1. (Bot.) A plant, the Inula Helenium, whose root has a pungent taste, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic.
Sense 2. A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant. Hill.
