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WILLOWHERB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("willowherb" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "willowherb"):
Epilobium angustifolium; fireweed; giant willowherb; rosebay willowherb; wickup (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)
codlins-and-cream; Epilobium hirsutum; hairy willowherb (plant of Europe and Asia having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves; introduced into North America)
Holonyms ("willowherb" is a member of...):
Epilobium; genus Epilobium (large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas)
