HyperDic: firethorn

English > 1 sense of the word firethorn:
NOUNplantfirethorn, Pyracantha, pyracanth, fire thornany of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries
English > firethorn: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries.
SynonymsPyracantha, pyracanth, fire thorn
Member ofgenus PyracanthaEurasian evergreen thorny shrubs bearing red or orange-red berries
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Catalanpyracantha

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