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burnweeds

burnweeds is the plural of burnweed.

Meaning of burnweed

Noun

burnweed (usually uncountable, plural burnweeds)

  1. (usually) Any of the flowering plants of the genus Erechtites.
    • The herb cover is very open to semiclosed, and is dominated by rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica*), reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea), marsh skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora), American burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolia), annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus subsp. annuus) and others.1989, I. D. Macdonald, A Biological inventory and evaluation of the Oriskany Sandstone and Woodlands area of natural and scientific interest, Toronto Ministry of Natural Resources, page 62
    Synonyms:
    fireweed

Questions about burnweeds

What is burnweeds the plural of?
Burnweeds is the plural of burnweed.

Words near burnweeds in the dictionary

  1. burntness
  2. Burntwood
  3. burnup
  4. burnups
  5. burnweed
  6. burnweeds
  7. Burnworth
  8. Burnworths
  9. burny
  10. buro
  11. burocracies

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