Plural of alant; elecampane plants, especially referring to multiple plants or species in this genus.
Alant comes from Latin root and refers to elecampane (Inula helenium), a plant that was highly valued in medieval and ancient medicine.
Medieval monks cultivated alants in monastery gardens specifically because they believed the root could cure almost everything from coughs to broken bones, making it one of the most important plants of the Middle Ages.
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