fireweed

English

Etymology

From fire +‎ weed.

Noun

fireweed (plural fireweeds)

1. A perennial herbaceous plant (Epilobium angustifolium or Chamaenerion angustifolium) in the willowherb family Onagraceae.
2. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Erechtites.

Synonyms

• rosebay willowherb
• bombweed
• burnweed

Translations

Epilobium angustifolium

• Alutiiq: cillqaq
• Catalan: cameneri m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柳蘭 / 柳兰 (liǔlán)

• Danish: gederams c
• Dutch: wilgenroosje (nl) n
• French: épilobe à feuille étroite m
• Irish: lus tine m
• Navajo: chʼilátah atsʼos
• Norwegian Nynorsk: geitrams m, mjølke m, gople f
• Russian: иван-ча́й (ru) m (ivan-čáj)
• Sami:

  Skolt Sami: ǩiõǥǥnjuõll

• Swedish: mjölkört (sv) c, mjölke (sv) c, rallarros (sv) c
• Welsh: helyglys hardd m
• Yakut: кучу (kucu)

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