Firewheel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Firewheel is a noun meaning Gaillardia pulchella, a flowering plant of southern US, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico.
Meaning
Gaillardia pulchella, a flowering plant of southern US, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico.
More Meanings
- A wheel of or on fire.
Example Sentences
Ashes from the firewheels, spread through the fields, guarantee bumper crops for the coming seasons.
Weather conditions worsened and the bombers flew into a huge electrical storm that turned their propellers into giant firewheels, as one pilot reported, and blew them all over the sky.
Word Forms
- firewheels
Synonyms for firewheel
Depending on context, synonyms include sundance.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sundance, gaillardia, blanketflower, galleta, goldenweed, guayule.
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