pyracantha

py·ra·can·tha  (pr-knth)

n.

A shrub of the genus Pyracantha; the fire thorn.

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[New Latin Pyracantha, genus name, from Latin pyracantha, a shrub, from Greek purakantha : pr, fire; see pyre + akantha, thorn.]

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Pyracantha - any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries fire thorn, firethorn, pyracanth genus Pyracantha - Eurasian evergreen thorny shrubs bearing red or orange-red berries bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems