Crossword-Solution: ELECAMPANE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Elecampane | n. | 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. |
| Elecampane | n. | A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “ELECAMPANE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Coarse herb of Europe | 1 answer |
| a composite plant formerly much cultivated for its medicinal root | 1 answer |
| Plant | 98 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERATE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ELECAMPANE (5)
Doctor Harmon arose and followed him to the gold garden, and together they stood beside the molten hedge of sunflowers, coneflowers, elecampane, and jewel flower.
Some, too, there are which justly are supposed To be nor smooth nor altogether hooked, With bended barbs, but slightly angled-out, To tickle rather than to wound the sense-- And of which sort is the salt tartar of wine And flavours of the gummed elecampane.
The Governor employed a number of the simples dear to ancient women, --elecampane and elder and wormwood and anise and the rest; but he also employed certain mineral remedies, which he almost always indicates by their ancient symbols, or by a name which should leave them a mystery to the vulgar.
The stout stalks of elecampane with their large leaves and yellowish brown flowers were seen, and numerous small plants peeped from among their rich setting of vines and mosses.
Elecampane stands up tall and straight as if conscious of having been mentioned by Hippocrates, the father of medicine, more than two thousand years ago, as being an important stimulant to the brain and stomach.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1970).