fireweed
/fahyuhr-weed/US // ˈfaɪərˌwid //UK // (ˈfaɪəˌwiːd) //
火草,火焰草,火绒草,火烧草
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of various plants appearing in recently burned clearings, as the willow herb, Epilobium angustifolium.
Examples
At peace on solid ground, I fell in love with the electric pink fireweed that popped out of nearly every opening in the trees.
Summer insects danced on the air, and a flock of white butterflies fanned the mobile tips of the crimson fireweed.
On every side the country was bright with the purple fireweed, which had sprung up from the ashes as if by magic.
The fireweed, familiar everywhere in the mountains, shone like a tongue of flame against a background of green.
And everywhere in the burnt areas was the fireweed, that phœnix plant that springs up from the ashes of dead trees.
There were great fields of fireweed, which presented masses of pink.
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