willow herb
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Epilobium, of the evening primrose family, having terminal clusters of purplish or white flowers.
Origin of willow herb
1- Compare fireweed.
Words Nearby willow herb
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How to use willow herb in a sentence
Those I had were laid in June on a leaf of willow herb (Epilobium).
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series | Richard SouthMasses of red valerian, and some of the graceful bright rose-bay willow-herb, give colour to the banks and overhang the walls.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts | Rosalind NorthcoteNext season Coltsfoot, willow-herb, Oxyria, and two grasses had planted themselves.
The Romance of Plant Life | G. F. Scott ElliotIt will eat almost any sort of Galium; also willow herb (Epilobium), and purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria).
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series | Richard SouthAcross where there is a mud-bank the stout stems of the willow herb are already tall.
Round About a Great Estate | Richard Jefferies
British Dictionary definitions for willowherb
/ (ˈwɪləʊˌhɜːb) /
any of various temperate and arctic onagraceous plants of the genus Epilobium, having narrow leaves, terminal clusters of pink, purplish, or white flowers, and willow-like feathery seeds
rosebay willowherb See rosebay
purple loosestrife See loosestrife
hairy willowherb See codlins-and-cream
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