HyperDic: epilobium_angustifolium

English > 1 sense of the expression Epilobium angustifolium:
NOUNplantEpilobium angustifolium, fireweed, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickuptall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks / rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings
English > Epilobium angustifolium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks / rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant.
Synonymsfireweed, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup
Member ofEpilobium, genus Epilobiumlarge widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas
BroaderwillowherbA plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs

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