| NOUN | plant | fireweed, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup, Epilobium angustifolium | tall 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 |
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| plant | fireweed, Erechtites hieracifolia | an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers |
| Sounds | fay'erwiy.d | |
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| Rhymes | able-bodied ... worried: 105 rhymes with iyd... | |
| Meaning | tall 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. | |
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| Synonyms | giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup, Epilobium angustifolium | |
| Member of | Epilobium, genus Epilobium | large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas |
| Broader | willowherb | A plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs |
| Meaning | An American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers. | |
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| Synonym | Erechtites hieracifolia | |
| Member of | genus Erechtites | coarse herbs with whitish discoid flower heads and silky pappus |
| Broader | weed | Any plant that crowds out cultivated plants |
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