noun
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
• Syn: ↑fireweed, ↑rosebay willowherb, ↑wickup, ↑Epilobium angustifolium
• Hypernyms: ↑willowherb
• Member Holonyms: ↑Epilobium, ↑genus Epilobium
Useful english dictionary. 2012.