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Webster 1913 Edition


Fireweed

Fire′weedˊ

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
(a)
An American plant (
Erechthites hiercifolia
), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned.
(b)
The great willow-herb (
Epilobium spicatum
).

Definition 2024


fireweed

fireweed

English

Noun

fireweed (plural fireweeds)

  1. A perennial herbaceous plant (Epilobium angustifolium) in the willowherb family Onagraceae.

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