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noun
A perennial herbaceous plant (Epilobium angustifolium or Chamaenerion angustifolium) in the willowherb family Onagraceae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: fireflower
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Erechtites.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Erechtites hieracifolia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weed
noun
tall North American perennial with creeping 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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup, Epilobium angustifolium
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: willowherb
History
From fire + weed. The fire-part may be of same origin as eld-part in dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk eldmerke (“fireweed”).
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
