Definition of "foxfire" [foxfire]

• A phosphorescent glow, especially that produced by certain fungi found on rotting wood. (noun)

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• "His first supposition was that it was a fungus growth known in the country as "foxfire," which gives out a phosphorescent glow in the darkness; but after watching and studying it for a long time, he was convinced it was something else."
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• "As you drive, you look around you at all the signs of degeneration; you hear distant explosions, perhaps catch the foxfire glow of a nearby inferno."