noun. Any of various plants of the genus Epilobium, especially E. angustifolium (syn. Chamerion angustifolium), having long, terminal, spikelike clusters of pinkish-purple flowers.

noun. Any of several weedy North American plants of the genus Erechtites in the composite family, having small white or greenish flowers grouped in discoid heads.

noun. In botany: The Erechthites hieracifolia, a coarse annual composite of North America, so called from its appearing abundantly where clearings have recently been burned over.

noun. The great willow-herb, Epilobium angustifolium, for the same reason.

noun. The horseweed, Erigeron Canadensis.

noun. A species of plantain, Plantago media.

noun. The jimson-weed, Datura Stramonium; also, occasionally, D. Tatula.

noun. The wild lettuce, Lactuca Canadensis.

noun. The golden ragwort, Senecio aureus.

noun. An American plant (Erechthites hiercifolia), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned.

noun. The great willow-herb (Epilobium spicatum).

noun. A perennial herbaceous plant (Epilobium angustifolium) in the willowherb family Onagraceae.

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

noun. an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers

"The amount of bitterness in fireweed shoots varies unpredictably."

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