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pyracantha
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pyracantha has 1 sense
- pyracantha(n = noun.plant) fire thorn, firethorn, pyracanth - 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
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pyracantha, n. any evergreen thorny shrub of the genus Pyracantha, having white flowers and bright red or yellow berries.
Etymology
L f. Gk purakantha
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