el|e|cam|pane

el|e|cam|pane
el|e|cam|pane «EHL ee kam PAYN», noun.
1. a yellow-flowered plant of the composite family with bitter, aromatic leaves and root; horseheal.
2. a candy flavored with the root of this plant.
[perhaps half translation of Medieval Latin enula (or elena) campana elecampane of the fields; ele < Middle French alne, ultimately < Latin inula, by influence of Greek elénion]

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