Definition of Fireweeds

1. Noun. (plural of fireweed) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fireweeds

1. fireweed [n] - See also: fireweed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fireweeds

firewalking
firewalks
firewall
firewalled
firewalling
firewalls
fireward
firewarden
firewardens
firewards
firewatcher
firewatchers
firewater
firewaters
fireweed
fireweeds (current term)
firewheel tree
firewire
firewires
firewoman
firewomen
firewood
firewoods
firework
fireworklike
fireworks
fireworks night
fireworky
fireworm
fireworms

Literary usage of Fireweeds

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes by Robert Fiske Griggs, National Geographic Society (U.S.) (1922)
"sav ex; wa Lupines, fireweeds, and other strong- stemmed perennials had, to be sure, come up through the ash in places, but they were not abundant enough to ..."

2. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"... opened blossoms are all thrown to one side almost as strongly as the style is thrown in the opposite direction. One of our common fireweeds, ..."

3. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"In willow-herbs, too, or fireweeds, the calyx is blended with the pistil, and when the capsule is mature it consists of two protective layers around the ..."

4. The Indiana Weed Book by Willis Stanley Blatchley (1912)
"... fireweeds, evening-primroses, sundrops and enchanter's nightshades. Of these only one is common enough to be included in this book of weeds. 62. ..."

5. The Indiana Weed Book by Willis Stanley Blatchley (1912)
"... fireweeds, evening-primroses, sun drops and enchanter's nightshades. Of these only one is common enough to be included in this book of weeds. 62. ..."

6. The Canadian Alpine Journal: Journal Alpin Canadien by Alpine Club of Canada (1907)
"... many clusters of snow- white blossoms amid its pale green foliage, and farther on the fireweeds flare and flash like torches burning in the long grass. ..."

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