单词 | willowherb |
释义 | willowherb (once / 1074483 pages) n WORD FAMILY willowherb: willowherbs USAGE EXAMPLESWildflowers are everywhere – poppies and ox-eye daisies, banks of purple loosestrife, tangles of yellow vetch, wavy stands of willowherb, stiff ones of giant hogweed. Newsweek(Jul 18, 2014) n a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs Hypo|Hyper Epilobium angustifolium, fireweed, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup 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 Epilobium hirsutum, codlins-and-cream, hairy willowherbplant of Europe and Asia having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves; introduced into North America herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
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