wickup
- noun
- /ˈwɪkʌp/
- US
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hierba de fuego
- The slopes were covered with wickup after last summer's wildfire.
Examples
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Bees are drawn to stands of wickup during its peak flowering season.
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The wickup blooms brightly in the summer.
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Locals often harvest wickup honey, prized for its delicate flavor.
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Look at that wickup!
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Bees are drawn to stands of wickup during its peak flowering season.
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The slopes were covered with wickup after last summer's wildfire.
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The wickup blooms brightly in the summer.
Synonyms
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A plant that quickly grows in burned areas, often with tall pink flowers
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
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Etymology
Wickup is a regional name for the plant also called fireweed, a tall flower that often grows in burned areas. One helpful way to remember the name is to think of wick ('the part of a candle') because the plant's fluffy seeds and stems can look like a little wick and often appear quickly after a fire.