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pyracanth
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pyracanth has 1 sense
- pyracanth(n = noun.plant) fire thorn, firethorn, pyracantha - any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries; Array is a member of genus pyracantha
is a kind of bush, shrub
CIDE DICTIONARY
pyracanth, n. [Gr. fire + a thorn, prickly plant.].
The evergreen thorn (Cratægus Pyracantha ), a shrub native of Europe. [1913 Webster]
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