firewheel — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Gaillardia pulchella, a flowering plant of southern US, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico.

   Synonyms

   Indian blanketIndian blanketflowerIndian paintbrushsundance

2. A wheel of or on fire.

   Examples

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

   More examples (1)

   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.