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fireweed
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fireweed has 2 senses
- fireweed(n = noun.plant) epilobium angustifolium, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup - 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; Array is a member of epilobium, genus epilobium
- fireweed(n = noun.plant) erechtites hieracifolia - an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers; Array is a member of genus erechtites
is a kind of willowherb
is a kind of weed
CIDE DICTIONARY
fireweed, n.
An American plant (Erechthites hiercifolia ), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned. [1913 Webster]
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