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Definition of fireweed in English: fireweednounˈfʌɪəwiːdˈfī(ə)rˌwēd mass nounA plant that springs up on burnt land, especially the rosebay willowherb. Example sentencesExamples - He waved a hand at the rutted, cratered fields, now overgrown with grass and great crimson drifts of poppies and fireweed.
- He strode toward her, brushing past vivid magenta blooms of fireweed and purple geranium.
- Seeds dispersed by wind fell on the soil leading to the appearance of hardy plants like fireweed and lupine.
- We are going a roundabout way to the village via a quiet length of top road and track and then an abandoned rail line of cinder trackbed ablaze with fireweed.
- Ask where to pick juicy, ripe berries in late August, when the scarlet blaze of fireweed has bloomed to the top of its hot-pink stalk, signaling the short growing season is coming to a close.
Definition of fireweed in US English: fireweednounˈfī(ə)rˌwēd A plant that springs up on burned land, especially the pink-flowered Epilobium angustifolium, a widespread willow herb. Example sentencesExamples - He waved a hand at the rutted, cratered fields, now overgrown with grass and great crimson drifts of poppies and fireweed.
- Ask where to pick juicy, ripe berries in late August, when the scarlet blaze of fireweed has bloomed to the top of its hot-pink stalk, signaling the short growing season is coming to a close.
- Seeds dispersed by wind fell on the soil leading to the appearance of hardy plants like fireweed and lupine.
- He strode toward her, brushing past vivid magenta blooms of fireweed and purple geranium.
- We are going a roundabout way to the village via a quiet length of top road and track and then an abandoned rail line of cinder trackbed ablaze with fireweed.
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