pyracanth

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pyracanth - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pyracanth \Pyr"a*canth\, n. [Gr. ? fire + ? a thorn, prickly
     plant.] (Bot.)
     The evergreen thorn (Crat[ae]gus Pyracantha), a shrub
     native of Europe.
     [1913 Webster]

pyracanth - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pyracanth
      n 1: any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha
           bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-
           red berries [syn: Pyracantha, pyracanth, fire thorn,
           firethorn]