Firewheel

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Gaillardia pulchella, a flowering plant of southern US, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico.
  2. 2
    A wheel of or on fire.

    "Ashes from the firewheels, spread through the fields, guarantee bumper crops for the coming seasons."

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"Ashes from the firewheels, spread through the fields, guarantee bumper crops for the coming seasons."

Etymology

From fire + wheel.

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