Definition of "willowherb" [willowherb]

• Any of several flowering plants in the genus Epilobium of the family Onagraceae. (noun)

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• "In the waste ground by the edge of Hollingside wood tall spikes of rosebay willowherb, tipped with the last of their purple flowers, were releasing their downy seeds."
• "Then, with my senses as tickled as those of the forest bug, I had to turn away to groom willowherb cotton from my face."
• "A forest bug, its angular armour trailing white down as it blundered among the seed pods, paused to groom willowherb cotton from its antennae."