PYRACANTH - Definition

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries

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	Synonyms:	fire thorn, firethorn, Pyracantha

	See Also:	bush, genus Pyracantha, shrub

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Pyr"a*canth\, n. [Gr. ? fire + ? a thorn, prickly plant.] (Bot.) The evergreen thorn ({Crat[ae]gus Pyracantha}), a shrub native of Europe.