fireweed

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Etymology

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

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fireweed (countable and uncountable, plural fireweeds)

  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.

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