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fireweed
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As a noun, fireweed means a perennial herbaceous plant (Epilobium angustifolium or Chamaenerion angustifolium) in the willowherb family Onagraceae.
Meanings of fireweed
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A perennial herbaceous plant (Epilobium angustifolium or Chamaenerion angustifolium) in the willowherb family Onagraceae.
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 plantplant
Similar: giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup, Epilobium angustifoliumAn American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowersplant
Similar: Erechtites hieracifolia
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noun: tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks an…
giant willowherbrosebay willowherbwickupEpilobium angustifolium
noun: an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers
Erechtites hieracifolia
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