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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On the way there I spot some fireweed growing alongside the dirt road; it’s a native wildflower that blooms from the bottom of its stalk-like flower to the top.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2022
Oregon grape to strengthen the liver, fireweed gel that helps with burns, cottonwood buds for healing cuts and scrapes, medicine for poor circulation and diabetes — the healing was all around us.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
The land is dotted with dead “snags” surrounded by thick mats of crisscrossed fallen logs flanked by fireweed, a purple wildflower that thrives in the open spaces left by blazes.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 5, 2021
Writing through his troubles, Specktor offers consolatory beauty, much as fireweed blooms on hillsides after the destruction of a forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
Beneath it Billie arranges a bouquet of fireweed, monkshood, yarrow, and spruce boughs.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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