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fireweed
[ fahyuhr-weed ]
noun
- any of various plants appearing in recently burned clearings, as the willow herb, Epilobium angustifolium.
fireweed
/ ˈfaɪəˌwiːd /
noun
- any of various plants that appear as first vegetation in burnt-over areas, esp rosebay willowherb
- Also calledpilewort a weedy North American plant, Erechtites hieracifolia , having small white or greenish flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- an Australian rainforest tree, Stenocarpus sinuatus , having whorls of bright red flowers
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Summer insects danced on the air, and a flock of white butterflies fanned the mobile tips of the crimson fireweed.
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On every side the country was bright with the purple fireweed, which had sprung up from the ashes as if by magic.
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The fireweed, familiar everywhere in the mountains, shone like a tongue of flame against a background of green.
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And everywhere in the burnt areas was the fireweed, that phœnix plant that springs up from the ashes of dead trees.
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There were great fields of fireweed, which presented masses of pink.
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