fireweed
nounEtymology From fire + weed. The fire-part may be of same origin as eld-part in dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk eldmerke (“fireweed”).
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.
- Synonyms
- rosebay willowherb, bombweed, burnweed