English Explanatory Dictionary

fireweed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A perennial herbaceous plant (Epilobium angustifolium or Chamaenerion angustifolium) in the willowherb family Onagraceae.
  2. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Erechtites.

Word forms

fireweed fireweeds

Etymology

From fire + weed. The fire-part may be of same origin as eld-part in dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk eldmerke (“fireweed”).

Synonyms

rosebay willowherb bombweed burnweed fireflower
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