The top of a fire where flames are most visible and active, or a plant with reddish or flame-colored foliage at its top.
Compound of 'fire' and 'top' (Old English 'top'), describing either the uppermost part of a fire or plants with bright coloring at their crowns.
In 19th-century American English, firetop was sometimes used to describe the dramatic appearance of wildfire spreading across a ridge at night—a wall of flame visible from miles away!
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