Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fireweed

/fˈaɪɚwˌid/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: fire-weed
IPA: /fˈaɪɚwˌid/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A perennial herbaceous plant (Epilobium angustifolium or Chamaenerion angustifolium) in the willowherb family Onagraceae.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of the flowering plants of the genus Erechtites.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From fire + weed. The fire-part may be of same origin as eld-part in dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk eldmerke (“fireweed”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

fireweeds (plural)

Synonyms

fireflower rosebay willowherb bombweed burnweed erechtites hieracifolia giant willowherb wickup epilobium angustifolium

Questions

How do you pronounce fireweed?: The recorded pronunciation is /fˈaɪɚwˌid/.
What does fireweed mean?: A perennial herbaceous plant (Epilobium angustifolium or Chamaenerion angustifolium) in the willowherb family Onagraceae.
Where does fireweed come from?: From fire + weed. The fire-part may be of same origin as eld-part in dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk eldmerke (“fireweed”).

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