An important honey plant

• 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

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interj. (non-gloss definition: An onomatopoeic representation of the chirp of certain species of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colaptes.)

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n. 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 [syn: fireweed , giant willowherb , rosebay ...