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Meaning of helenium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Helenium, the dried leaves of which were once used to make a form of snuff.

Examples

“Amongst the herbs to be administered when the charm was sung over him were a yew-berry, lupin, helenium, marsh mallow, dock elder, wormwood and strawberry leaves.”
“Heleniums mostly have an upright habit, though the taller ones may need staking in spring or cutting back by half in early summer to stay that way.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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