Meaning

1 senses
  1. A firethorn, any of the genus Pyracantha of thorny evergreen large shrubs.

    any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries

Origin

From the genus name.

From the genus name.

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Forms

plural: pyracanthas
Singularpyracantha
Pluralpyracanthas

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries:pyracanthfire thornfirethorn

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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