WILDFIRE


Meaning of WILDFIRE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌfī(-ə)r ]

noun

Date: 12th century

1. : a sweeping and destructive conflagration especially in a wilderness or a rural area

2. : Greek fire

3. : a phosphorescent glow (as ignis fatuus or fox fire)

4. : a destructive leaf-spot disease of tobacco caused by several strains of a bacterium ( Pseudomonas syringae )

- like wildfire

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.