About The Word Pyracanth
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Pyracanth
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What's The Definition Of Pyracanth?
[n] any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pyracanth: fire thorn | firethorn | Pyracantha Related Terms | Find terms related to Pyracanth: See Also | bush | genus Pyracantha | shrub Pyracanth In Webster's Dictionary \Pyr"a*canth\, n. [Gr. ? fire + ? a thorn, prickly
plant.] (Bot.)
The evergreen thorn ({Crat[ae]gus Pyracantha}), a shrub
native of Europe.
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