HyperDic: genus_epilobium

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Epilobium:
NOUNplantgenus Epilobium, Epilobiumlarge widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas
English > genus Epilobium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas.
SynonymEpilobium
Member ofOnagraceae, family Onagraceae, evening-primrose familyA large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales
MembersCalifornia fuchsia, humming bird's trumpet, Epilobium canum canum, Zauschneria californicashrublet of southwestern United States to Mexico having brilliant scarlet flowers
fireweed, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup, Epilobium angustifoliumtall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks / rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings
willowherbA plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs
Broaderrosid dicot genusA genus of dicotyledonous plants
Spanishepilobium, genus epilobium
CatalanEpilobi, epilobium, genus epilobium

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