HyperDic: firethorn

English > 1 sense of the word *firethorn*:
NOUN	plant	firethorn, Pyracantha, pyracanth, fire thorn	any 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
Meaning	Any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries.
Synonyms	Pyracantha, pyracanth, fire thorn
Member of	genus Pyracantha	Eurasian evergreen thorny shrubs bearing red or orange-red berries
Broader	shrub, bush	A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Catalan	pyracantha