[
US
/ˈfaɪɝˌwid/
]
[ UK /fˈaɪəwiːd/ ]
[ UK /fˈaɪəwiːd/ ]
NOUN
- an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers
- 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
How To Use fireweed In A Sentence
- Up close they were head-high in a riot of color: red paintbrush, lavender fleabane, hot-pink fireweed, white cow parsnip, lacy green false hellebore, the flashy red of chokecherries, white pearls of baneberry, rich purple huckleberries, fierce yellows of butterweed and arnica. Blood Lure
- UPDATE: In a comment, Mariana from History of Greek Food pointed out that Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) is “found in the higher elevations of the Rhodope Mountains” where the shoots and leaves are eaten boiled. Archive 2008-05-01
- Jean's honey is mainly produced from the nectar of clover, alfalfa and fireweed.
- Jean's honey is mainly produced from the nectar of clover, alfalfa and fireweed.
- Most dominant was what we call fireweed back home because it’s among the first plants to return after a forest fire. BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » Worldcon Glasgow 2005, part #8
- 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.
- Seeds dispersed by wind fell on the soil leading to the appearance of hardy plants like fireweed and lupine.
- The amount of bitterness in fireweed shoots varies unpredictably. How to Harvest Fireweed Shoots with Recipe for Fireweed Shoot Omelet
- Spreading rapidly on underground runners, fireweed is one of the first plants to reestablish itself after forest fires. How to Harvest Fireweed Shoots with Recipe for Fireweed Shoot Omelet