Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fireweed

2 senses of fireweed

Sense 1
fireweed, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup, Epilobium angustifolium -- (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)
       => willowherb -- (a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs)

Sense 2
fireweed, Erechtites hieracifolia -- (an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers)
       => weed -- (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)