genus epilobium

1. 1.

   large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas

   SynonymsEpilobium

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofOnagraceae

Questions about genus epilobium

What does genus epilobium mean?

genus epilobium means "large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas".

What is another word for genus epilobium?

Close synonyms include Epilobium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus epilobium a common word?

genus epilobium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.