fireweed
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- noun
- /ˈfaɪərˌwiːd/
- US
:
hierba de fuego
- Bright fireweed bloomed in the open cellar holes of bombed buildings in London.
- fireweed jelly
- Fireweed blooms
- Fireweed grows
Examples
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He walked back toward the big hotel, leaving the road for the trees before the last curve, moving through the thinning vegetation, the wild rose, lupine, fireweed, and grasses, until he crossed over the moraine.
Fiction book (1999) -
Here and there poke up signs of life: fireweed, firemoss, and aspen saplings, the promise of the forest to come.
Academic text (2001) -
Red fireweeds blanket the hillside.
Fiction book (2002) -
In the summer, field chamomile, fireweed, and wormwood seemed to do their best to hide the human refuse, but their efforts fell short.
Fiction book (1996) -
In London, bright fireweed bloomed in the open cellar holes of bombed buildings.
Fiction book (1996) -
Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium), for example, became much more abundant after the fire than it was before.
Academic text (1997) -
I have found this lighthouse surrounded by lupines, fireweed, goldenrod, or just fog at different times of the season, but it is always photogenic.
Academic text (1998) -
Behind it, the lower slope of the bluff, where it's not too steep for roots to take hold, glows with yellow monkey flowers and a few fireweed stalks lit just by their top, final blossoms.
Fiction book (1991) -
The lavender fireweed is the first to appear after a fire.
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The hillside, covered with moss and fireweed, is a riot of color and nutrition.
Synonyms
A tall plant with narrow leaves and pink flowers that grows after a fire
A tall plant with narrow leaves and pink-purple flower spikes that grows after fires and feeds bees
A tall plant with many pink flowers that bees like
A tall wild plant with narrow leaves and spikes of pink flowers that often grows after fires and attracts bees
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fireweed is made of fire ('burn') and weed ('a fast-growing plant'). After a fire this plant is often the first to grow on burned ground, so the name helps you remember it as the weed that follows fire.