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Pyracanth

Pyracanth Meaning & Definition
Pyracanth Definition And Meaning

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

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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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