INULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inula mean? 

• INULA (noun)
  The noun INULA has 1 sense:

1. any plant of the genus Inula

  Familiarity information: INULA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Inula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("inula" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inula"):

elecampane; Inula helenium (tall coarse Eurasian herb having daisylike yellow flowers with narrow petals whose rhizomatous roots are used medicinally)

Holonyms ("inula" is a member of...):

genus Inula (genus of Old World herbs or subshrubs: elecampane)