noun
- Tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant.
- synonyms: giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup, Epilobium angustifolium
- An American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers.
- synonyms: Erechtites hieracifolia
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