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English noun: fireweed

1. fireweed (plant) 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


SynonymsEpilobium angustifolium, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup


Broader (hypernym)willowherb


Member meronymEpilobium, genus Epilobium

2. fireweed (plant) an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers


SynonymsErechtites hieracifolia


Broader (hypernym)weed


Member meronymgenus Erechtites









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