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PRONUNCIATION OF HAIRY WILLOWHERB

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WHAT DOES HAIRY WILLOWHERB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hairy willowherb

Epilobium hirsutum

Epilobium hirsutum is a flowering plant belonging to the willowherb genus Epilobium in the family Onagraceae. It is commonly known as the great willowherb, great hairy willowherb or hairy willowherb. Local names include codlins-and-cream, apple-pie and cherry-pie. Close-up of the flowers It is a tall, perennial plant, reaching up to 2 metres in height. The robust stems are branched and have numerous hairs. The hairy leaves are 2-12 cm long and 0.5-3.5 cm wide. They are long and thin and are widest below the middle. They have sharply-toothed edges and no stalk. The large flowers have four notched petals. These are purple-pink and are usually 10-16 mm long. The stigma is white and has four lobes. The sepals are green. The native range of the species includes most of Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia. It is absent from much of Scandinavia and north-west Scotland. It has been introduced to North America and Australia. It typically grows in wet or damp habitats without dense tree-cover up to 2,500 metres above sea-level. Common habitats include marshland, ditches and the banks of rivers and streams.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE HAIRY WILLOWHERB

acerb
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cowherb
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potherb
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rosebay willowherb
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Synonyms and antonyms of hairy willowherb in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translator English - Chinese

毛毛willowherb
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

willowherb peluda
570 millions of speakers

English

hairy willowherb
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बालों willowherb
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

willowherb شعر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

волосатые кипрей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

willowherb cabeludo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লোমশ বিদূষক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épilobe velu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Willowherb berbulu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

behaarte Weidenröschen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

毛深いwillowherb
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

털이 willowherb
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Willowherb hairy
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

lông willowherb
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹேரி வில்லோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केसाळ विलोबरीब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kıllı sığırcık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

willowherb peloso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

owłosione willowherb
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

волохаті кипрей
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

willowherb păros
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

τριχωτό willowherb
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

harige wilgerboom
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

hårig kört
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

hårete rams
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAIRY WILLOWHERB»

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Plants of British Columbia: Scientific and Common Names of ...
Munz •Epilobium hirsutum L. [EPILHIR] (hairy willowherb) Epilobium hornemannii Reichenb. [EPILHOR] (Homemann's willowherb) Epilobium hornemannii ssp. behringianum (Hausskn.) Hoch & Raven [EPILHORl] SY: Epilobium alpinum var.
Hong Qian, K. Klinka, 1998
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Field Guide to Indiana Wildflowers
599 Epilobium dllatiim Raf. subsp. ciliatnm [E glamiulostmt var. adenocauloti] — Onagrsceae, Evening-Primrose Family —HAIRY WILLOWHERB Perennial herb to K-L5l m, usually much bmnched; petals 4, 2-6 mm, notched, white (pinkl.
Kay Yatskievych, 2000
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An analytical dictionary of the English language
The Epilobium hirsutum, hairy Willowherb, is vulgarly called Codlins and Cream. Herb Twopence, or Moneywort, is the Lysimachia nummularia, so termed from the shape of its seed pods. The Sibtiiobpia Europeea is bastard Moneywort.
David Booth, 1830
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An analytical Dictionary of the english language: in which ...
... other species of Epilobium are different Willowherbs. The Epilobium hirsutum, hairy Willowherb, is vulgarly called Codlins and Cream. Herb Twopence, or Moneywort, is the Lysimachia nummularia, so termed from the shape of its seed pods.
Daniel Booth, 1836
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A Botanical Arrangement of All the Vegetables Naturally ...
476. Lysimachia siliquosa sylvestris hirsuta. Tari. 54s). Epilobium hirsurum. Hudfon. 140. Sp. Plant. 491. Small flowered hairy Willowherb. Bauks of rivers. P. July. Q_ WILLOWHERB. ♢ * » c/jjvts uprlgblf regular; petals clown. WILLOWHERB .
William Withering, 1776
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Classification of Riparian Communities on the Bighorn ...
... shootingstar darkthroat shootingstar snowbed whitlowgrass willowweed alpine willowherb fireweed hairy willowherb clubfruit willowherb smooth willowweed Hornemann's willowherb rnilkflower willowweed marsh willowherb fleabane bitter ...
Michele Marie Girard, David L. Wheeler, Stephanie B. Mills, 1997
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CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: ...
137: 1–42. 1999 (Herb poisonous, causes convulsions, epilepsy. Herb juice applied to remove warts.) in English: codlins and cream, hairy willow-herb, hairy willow-weed, hairy willowherb, large-flowered willow-herb, willow herb in Arabic: alfa ...
Umberto Quattrocchi, 2012
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An Analytical Dictionary of the English Language in which ...
The Epilobium kireutum, hairy WILLOWHERB, is vulgarly called CODLINB and CREAM. Hana Twopsncn, or Monnxwoa'r, is the Lyszuacuu mmularia, so termed from the shape of its seed pods. The Smruoaru Europa! is bastard Monm'won'r.
David BOOTH (Author of the Analytical Dictionary.), 1835
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The bees: a poem, in four books; with notes, moral, ...
Soft Willowherb] The great hairy Willowherb (F.pilobium hirsutmn), tho' unfortunately for its consequence a very common plant, is scarcely less ornamental than the former to the sides of rivulets, and its large pink blossoms are conspicuous at a ...
John Evans (M. D.), Charles C. Miller Memorial Apicultural Library, 1806
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The Living Landscape: How to Read and Understand It
For example, I might say "Rosebay willowherb is growing here but great hairy willowherb is growing over there because the soil is that bit wetter." What I really mean is that there are many different reasons why these two plants are growing in ...
Patrick Whitefield, 2009

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAIRY WILLOWHERB»

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A dramatic encounter with an elephant hawk-moth caterpillar
One must also factor in the reflection that the great hairy willowherb plant supplying all the caterpillar's nutrients was just a pale shoot poking ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
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Mayville Elementary School named to Michigan Environmental Hall …
... study of three “rare” plants — wild senna, the nodding onion and the smallflower hairy willowherb — found in the school's rain garden habitat. «Tuscola Today, May 14»

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