About The Word Fireweed
Learn about the word Fireweed to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Fireweed definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Fireweed
| Fireweed Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Fireweed?
[n] an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers
[n] tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant Synonyms | Synonyms for Fireweed: Epilobium angustifolium | Erechtites hieracifolia | giant willowherb | rosebay willowherb | wickup Related Terms | Find terms related to Fireweed: See Also | Epilobium | genus Epilobium | genus Erechtites | weed | willowherb Fireweed In Webster's Dictionary \Fire"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) An American plant ({Erechthites hiercifolia}), very
troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned.
(b) The great willow-herb ({Epilobium spicatum}).
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Punitive damages ‐ (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment…
- Subclavian artery ‐ either of two arteries that supply blood to the…
- Redwood ‐ either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height…
- Transpirate ‐ pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices,…
- Malaria mosquito ‐ transmits the…
- Mutual opposition ‐ a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies; "he…
- Double standard ‐ an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group…
- Keyhole saw ‐ a handsaw for cutting short radius curves; similar to a compass…
- Euglenophyceae ‐ coextensive with the division…
- Subset ‐ a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained…