epiloben.
/ˈɛpɪləʊb/ Botany.
A plant of the genus Epilobium (family Onagraceæ): e.g. the Epilobium angustifolium or Willow-herb. Also in modern Latin form epiˈlobium n.
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1775 T. Blaikie Diary Sc. Gardener (1931) 49 Found several plants on the channells of the Lake [of Geneva] especially the new sort of Epellobium..with a strong root deep in the hand gravell... Most of the other Epellobiums..in general has creaping roots.
1809 J. E. Smith Eng. Bot. XXVIII. 2000 Epilobium alsinifolium... This Epilobium was gathered on the Cheviot hills by Mr. Winch, who rightly judges it to be the plant of Ray, always mistaken for alpinum.
1861 Barnes in Macmillan's Mag. June 133 The bush, or ditch-guarded epilobium.
a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 167 A spike as big as an epilobium.
1883 G. Allen in Knowledge 6 July 1/1 The epilobes and the St. John's worts are coming out in blossom again.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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