fireweed
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noun
any of various plants appearing in recently burned clearings, as the willow herb, Epilobium angustifolium.
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| —n | |
| 1. | any of various plants that appear as first vegetation in burnt-over areas, esp rosebay willowherb |
| 2. | Also called: pilewort a weedy North American plant, Erechtites hieracifolia, having small white or greenish flowers: family Asteraceae (composites) |
| 3. | an Australian rainforest tree, Stenocarpus sinuatus, having whorls of bright red flowers |
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Fireweed
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Example sentences
Fireweed and wild parsnip grow to five or six feet often mixed with salmonberry and rosebushes.
Local fishermen have a different name for it: fireweed.
Fireweed is now in flower, and its conspicuous purple-pink flowers will indicate areas that may warrant control measures.
Horsetail, fireweed, dryas and willow shrubs are the early pioneers.
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