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fire⋅weed

  [fahyuhr-weed]
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–noun
any of various plants appearing in recently burned clearings, as the willow herb, Epilobium angustifolium.
Origin:
1775–85, Americanism; fire + weed 1

pile⋅wort

  [pahyl-wurt, -wawrt]
–noun
1. Also called fireweed. a weedy composite plant, Erechtites hieracifolia, having narrow flower heads enclosed in green bracts.
2. a North American figwort, Scrophularia marilandica, having small, greenish flowers.
3. lesser celandine.
Origin:
1570–80; pile 4 + wort 1 , so called from its use in medicine
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fire·weed   (fīr'wēd')   
n.  
  1. Any of various plants of the genus Epilobium, especially E. angustifolium, having long, terminal, spikelike clusters of pinkish-purple flowers. Also called willow herb.
  2. Any of several weedy North American plants of the genus Erechtites, having small white or greenish flowers grouped in discoid heads.
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Fireweed

Fire"weed`\, n. (Bot.) (a) An American plant (Erechthites hiercifolia), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned. (b) The great willow-herb (Epilobium spicatum).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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