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Definition of Fireweeds
1. fireweed [n] - See also: fireweed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fireweeds
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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