fire-wheel

1. 1.

   annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center

   Synonymsblanket flowerIndian blanketfire wheelGaillardia pulchella

   Broadergaillardia

Questions about fire-wheel

What does fire-wheel mean?

fire-wheel means "annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center".

How many syllables are in fire-wheel?

fire-wheel has 3 syllables: fi-re--wheel. The stress falls on "fi".

What is another word for fire-wheel?

Close synonyms include blanket flower, Indian blanket, fire wheel, Gaillardia pulchella. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fire-wheel a common word?

fire-wheel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.