| 单词 | fireweed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfireweed fireweed n. (a) any of various plants that grow readily on burnt land or clearings, esp. rosebay willowherb, Chamerion angustifolium, the thorn apple or burnweed, Datura stramonium, and a common herbaceous plant of the Americas, Erechtites hieracifolia (family Asteraceae); (b) a plantain; = fire-leaves n. (b) (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun] heatha700 beeworteOE leversc725 springworteOE clotec1000 halswortc1000 sengreenc1000 bottle?a1200 bird's-tonguea1300 bloodworta1300 faverolea1300 vetchc1300 pimpernel1378 oniona1398 bird's nest?a1425 adder's grassc1450 cockheada1500 ambrosia1525 fleawort1548 son before the father1552 crow-toe1562 basil1578 bird's-foot1578 bloodroot1578 throatwort1578 phalangium1608 yew1653 chalcedon1664 dittany1676 bleeding heart1691 felon-wort1706 hedgehog1712 land caltrops1727 old man's beard1731 loosestrife1760 Solomon's seal1760 fireweed1764 desert rose1792 star of Bethlehem1793 hen and chickens1794 Aaron's beard1820 felon-grass1824 arrowroot1835 snake-root1856 firebush1858 tick-seed1860 bird's eye1863 burning bush1866 rat-tail1871 lamb's earsa1876 lamb's tongue plant1882 tar-weed1884 Tom Thumb1886 parrotbeak1890 stinkweed1932 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > aftercrop > second growth or fire-growth regrowth1741 fireweed1764 second growth1829 burnt feed1848 1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane iv. 146 (note) The fire-weed, which grows every where..is the datura of Linnæus. 1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 133 No other culture being necessary..but the cutting of the fire-weed. 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 706 Senecio hieracifolius..in North America, as S. vulgaris in Europe..is known by the name of the Fire-weed. c1845 E. Jenner Flora Tunbridge Wells 8 Plantago... lanceolata... Lamb's Tongue, Ribwort, Fire Weed. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. II. 104 In Virginia, the Thorn-Apple is called Fireweed. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 262 There were great fields of fire-weed (Epilobium angustifolium) on all sides. 1892 R. Kipling in Times (Weekly ed.) 24 Nov. 13/3 The fire-weed glows in the centre of the driveways. 1927 W. Cather Death comes for Archbishop v. ii. 167 Evening primroses, the fireweed, and butterfly weed grew to a tropical size and brilliance there among the sedges. 1932 Special Crops Jan. 63/1 P. media, found in Europe, is also known as Fire-weed, Fire-leaves, and Lamb's Lettuce. 1969 Standard Common Names Weeds N.Z. 3 Australian fireweed... Erechtites atkinsoniae. 2007 Alaska Sept. 72/1 The approaching change in season was betrayed only by the fireweed beginning to turn. < as lemmas |
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