farewell v Cp EDD ~ sb for var late-summer plant names; PRATT (1908-). Comb ~ summer: variety of fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium).
   [1867] 1989 CHIMMO (ed Kirwin) 58 [1 Sept] An old Lady [brought me] some wild flowers, very like a Hyacinth, but what they called 'farewell summer' being the last of the wild flowers which bloom. 1924 Deep-Sea Fishers xii (4), 139 Farewell summer--Reddish purple fireweeds blossoming in August.

Go Back