fireweed

A noun referring to a tall North American perennial plant with narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers that grows abundantly in burned-over areas or recent clearings, and is an important honey plant; also refers to an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das ein hohes nordamerikanisches mehrjähriges Kraut mit schmalen Blättern und Ähren rosavioletter Blüten bezeichnet, das massenhaft auf Brandflächen oder frischen Kahlschlägen wächst und eine wichtige Bienenweide ist; bezeichnet auch ein amerikanisches Unkraut mit kleinen weißen oder grünlichen Blüten.

1. Tall perennial plant C1 formal american

   A tall North American perennial plant with creeping rootstocks, narrow leaves, and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers. It grows abundantly in burned-over areas or recent clearings and is an important honey plant.

   • Fireweed quickly colonized the forest after the wildfire.
   • Beekeepers value fireweed for its high-quality nectar.
   • The hillside was covered in a vibrant carpet of fireweed.

   🇩🇪Hohe mehrjährige Pflanze

   Synonyme: rosebay willowherb

2. Small weedy plant C1 formal american

   An American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers, often found in disturbed areas.

   • The field was overrun with fireweed after the construction.
   • Fireweed can be a nuisance in gardens due to its rapid spread.
   • Botanists identified the plant as a type of fireweed.

   🇩🇪Kleines Unkraut

   Synonyme: pilewort

• fireweeds plural form
• fireweeds' possessive plural form
• fireweed's possessive singular form