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willow herb

American  

noun

  1. any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Epilobium, of the evening primrose family, having terminal clusters of purplish or white flowers.


Etymology

Origin of willow herb

First recorded in 1570–80

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Fields of rosebay willow herb, statuesque and hazy pink, put a pop of color into the otherwise gray day.

From Washington Post Oct. 14, 2021

From the ubiquitous white yarrow to the purple harebell to the wonderfully named yellow blooms of "lady's bedstraw" to the creeping thistle to the tall rosebay willow herb, they color the landscape.

From Golf Digest Oct. 16, 2013

From the rubble purple willow herb grows luxuriantly, and in one place I know of bracken is sprouting out of sandbags.

From Time Magazine Archive

Looking round for Hazel, Pipkin caught sight of Kehaar, a little way off, standing in a patch of shallow water between two clumps of willow herb.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Dripping coolly onto her sandaled feet, the untidy bunch of rosebay willow herb and irises brought her to a better state of mind.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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