firefanged

/ˈfaɪərˌfæŋd/
adjective
  1. Describing a plant that has been damaged or killed by excessive heat or fire, especially from volcanic activity or a wildfire.
    • After the eruption, the hillside was covered in firefanged trees, their leaves scorched brown.
    • The hikers walked through a firefanged forest where the heat had turned the pine needles to ash.
    • Farmers worried that the firefanged crops would not recover after the brushfire swept through the valley.
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