Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
in·u·la Pronunciation:
'in-y&-l& Function:
noun 1 : the dried roots and rhizome of elecampane used as an aromaticstimulant and especially formerly as a remedy in pulmonary diseases called also
elecampane, elecampane root 2 capitalized : a genus of Old World perennialherbaceous or rarely shrubby plants (family Compositae) having large yellow radiate heads with anthers caudate at the base and including the elecampane (
I. helenium)
3 : anyplant or root of the genus
Inula
