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Epilobium

noun

large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas

• Syn: ↑genus Epilobium

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Onagraceae, ↑family Onagraceae, ↑evening-primrose family

• Member Meronyms:

↑willowherb, ↑fireweed, ↑giant willowherb, ↑rosebay willowherb, ↑wickup, ↑Epilobium angustifolium, ↑California fuchsia, ↑humming bird's trumpet, ↑Epilobium canum canum, ↑Zauschneria californica

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\\ˌepəˈlōbēəm\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from epi- + Greek lobos lobe, pod + New Latin -ium — more at sleep

1. capitalized : a large genus of widely distributed herbs (family Onagraceae) with pink or rarely yellow flowers, slender lanceolate leaves, and seeds with a silky coma

2. -s : any plant of the genus Epilobium : willow herb 1

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epilobium /ep-i-lōˈbi-əm/

noun

A willowherb, a plant of the genus Epilobium

ORIGIN: Gr epi upon, and lobos a pod, from the position of the petals

Useful english dictionary. 2012.