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Definition of willowherb in English: willowherbnounˈwɪləʊhəːb A plant of temperate regions that typically has leaves similar to those of the willow and pink or pale purple flowers. Epilobium and related genera, family Onagraceae: many species, including the common great hairy willowherb (E. hirsutum) of Eurasia, and the rosebay Example sentencesExamples - Not long ago so many plants sprouted from a single packet of seed that willowherb itself might have been jealous.
- And I do wonder why she had to find her inspiration in the rose bay willowherb she saw in Germany, when there must be a wealth of other imagery in the Park itself (including willowherb, I'm sure).
- Among the common wildflowers are one-flowered cinquefoil, woolly lousewort, alpine willowherb, three saxifrages, and an Indian paintbrush.
- But this warbler is usually associated with tangled vegetation near water or with reedbeds containing alders and an undergrowth including bramble, nettle and willowherb.
- If its tenacity in our garden is anything to go by, willowherb (along with cockroaches, apparently) will survive any nuclear onslaught.
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