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”).

Noun

fireweed (countable and uncountable, plural fireweeds)

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

   Synonym: fireflower

2. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Erechtites.

Synonyms

• rosebay willowherb
• bombweed
• burnweed

Translations

Epilobium angustifolium

Alutiiq: cillqaq Catalan: cameneri m Chinese: Mandarin: 柳蘭 / 柳兰 (liǔlán) Danish: gederams c Dutch: wilgenroosje (nl) n French: épilobe à feuille étroite m Irish: lus tine m Japanese: 柳蘭 (yanagiran) Korean: 분홍바늘꽃 (bunhongbaneulkkot) Navajo: chʼilátah atsʼos Norwegian Nynorsk: geitrams m, mjølke m, gople f Russian: иван-ча́й (ru) m (ivan-čáj) Sami: Skolt Sami: ǩiõǥǥnjuõll Swedish: mjölkört (sv) c, mjölke (sv) c, rallarros (sv) c Welsh: helyglys hardd m Yakut: кучу (kuču)

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