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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 plantplay

    Synonyms:

    Epilobium angustifolium; fireweed; giant willowherb; rosebay willowherb; wickup

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    Nouns denoting plants

    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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