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P0684800 (pī′rə-kăn′thə)n. Any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha in the rose family, native to Asia and often cultivated for their evergreen foliage and showy reddish or orange berries. Also called firethorn.

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

pyracantha

(ˌpaɪrəˈkænθə) n (Plants) any rosaceous shrub of the genus Pyracantha, esp the firethorn, widely cultivated for ornament[C17: from Greek purakantha name of a shrub, from pyro- +akantha thorn]

fire•thorn

(ˈfaɪ^ərˌθɔrn)

n. any thorny shrub of the genus Pyracantha, rose family, with evergreen foliage and orange berries. [1905–10]

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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 berriesfire thorn, firethorn, pyracanthgenus Pyracantha - Eurasian evergreen thorny shrubs bearing red or orange-red berriesbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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πυράκανθος

pyracantha

(pĭr'əkăn`thə) or

firethorn,

any hardwood evergreen shrub of the genus Pyracantha of the family Rosaceae (roserose,
common name for some members of the Rosaceae, a large family of herbs, shrubs, and trees distributed over most of the earth, and for plants of the genus Rosa, the true roses.
..... Click the link for more information. family). Native from S Europe to W China, pyracanthas are now cultivated elsewhere (often as hedge plants or espaliered on walls) for their red fruits and spiny branches. P. coccinea, also called everlasting thorn, is the most popular; it now grows wild in parts of North America. Pyracantha is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.

pyracantha

py·ra·can·tha

pyracantha

fire•thorn

pyracantha

pyracantha

firethorn,

Pyracantha

Synonyms for Pyracantha

noun 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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