fireweed
Americannoun
noun
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any of various plants that appear as first vegetation in burnt-over areas, esp rosebay willowherb
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Also called: pilewort. a weedy North American plant, Erechtites hieracifolia , having small white or greenish flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
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an Australian rainforest tree, Stenocarpus sinuatus , having whorls of bright red flowers
Etymology
Origin of fireweed
Example Sentences
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Fireweed, a common native perennial with roots and rhizomes that go both deep and wide, has the capacity to produce up to 80,000 seeds in a season.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2024
On a recent weekday afternoon, as the raven touched down on a light pole off Fireweed Lane, no fewer than five photographers emerged.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023
It is, in fact, a counterculture oasis, known as Fireweed Universe-City.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2016
Fireweed grew on steep acres of newly logged land in the Western foothills.
From Time Magazine Archive
Out of decaying wood springs a tree of fairer type, and from the ashes of a burnt hemlock forest emerge maple, birch and oak, while the flaming Fireweed lights the way with beauty.
From The Promise of Air by Blackwood, Algernon
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