helenium
/heˈliːnɪəm/noun
1- an American plant of the daisy family, which bears many red to yellow flowers, each having a prominent central disc堆心菊。
1.1
- Genus Helenium, family Compositae.堆心菊属, 菊科。
词源
modern Latin, from Greek helenion. The term originally denoted the herb elecampane, possibly in commemoration of Helen of Troy (said to have planted elecampane on the island of Pharos); the current designation was adopted by Linnaeus in the 18th cent.