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EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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:
Epilobium angustifolium; fireweed; giant willowherb; rosebay willowherb; wickup
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Epilobium angustifolium" is a kind of...):
willowherb (a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs)
Holonyms ("Epilobium angustifolium" is a member of...):
Epilobium; genus Epilobium (large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas)
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