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willow herb
noun
- any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Epilobium, of the evening primrose family, having terminal clusters of purplish or white flowers.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of willow herb1
First recorded in 1570–80
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Example Sentences
Those I had were laid in June on a leaf of willow herb (Epilobium).
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Masses of red valerian, and some of the graceful bright rose-bay willow-herb, give colour to the banks and overhang the walls.
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Next season Coltsfoot, willow-herb, Oxyria, and two grasses had planted themselves.
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It will eat almost any sort of Galium; also willow herb (Epilobium), and purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria).
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Across where there is a mud-bank the stout stems of the willow herb are already tall.
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