helenium

Etymology

From the genus name.

helenium means any of various flowering plants, of the genus Helenium, the dried leaves of which were once used to make a form of snuff. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

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