Definitions for fireweeds

fireweeds fire·weed

Spelling: [fahyuh r-weed]
IPA: /ˈfaɪərˌwid/

Fireweeds is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 231 anagrams from letters in fireweeds (deeefirsw).

Definitions for fireweeds

noun

  1. any of various plants appearing in recently burned clearings, as the willow herb, Epilobium angustifolium.

Origin of fireweeds

An Americanism dating back to 1775-85; fire + weed1

Examples for fireweeds

Floating in nebulous masses about the blackberry thicket, the delicately conspicuous hue of the fireweed catches the eye.

And everywhere in the burnt areas was the fireweed, that phœnix plant that springs up from the ashes of dead trees.

fireweed grew low, but the blooms were large and of a deep rose color.

Along the roadside and meadows purplish-pink flowers of the fireweed are in bloom.

The fireweed, familiar everywhere in the mountains, shone like a tongue of flame against a background of green.

The fireweed is cultivated as an ornamental plant in England, where the leaves are also used as an adulterant of tea.

There were great fields of fireweed, which presented masses of pink.

Here and there were wooded slopes; others were rosy with fireweed that moved softly, like clouds.

Word Value for fireweeds
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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