Wickup (Noun)
Meaning
Tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Wickup bloomed abundantly in the charred remains of the forest fire.
- After the land was cleared for farming, a large wickup grew rapidly, covering a wide area.
- Honey bees flocked to the vibrant purple spikes of the wickup plant in late summer.
- A colony of prairie dogs lived in the shade of a dense thicket of wickup, its long roots stretching deep underground.
- Firefighters working in the forest after a blaze reported finding a healthy wickup plant already growing amidst the blackened underbrush.