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Fireweed

Fireweed Meaning & Definition
Fireweed Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fireweed?

[n] an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers
[n] 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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fireweed: Epilobium angustifolium | Erechtites hieracifolia | giant willowherb | rosebay willowherb | wickup

Related Terms | Find terms related to Fireweed:

See Also | Epilobium | genus Epilobium | genus Erechtites | weed | willowherb

Fireweed In Webster's Dictionary

\Fire"weed`\, n. (Bot.) (a) An American plant ({Erechthites hiercifolia}), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned. (b) The great willow-herb ({Epilobium spicatum}).

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