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PYRACANTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pyracanth mean? 

PYRACANTH (noun)
  The noun PYRACANTH has 1 sense:

1. any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berriesplay

  Familiarity information: PYRACANTH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PYRACANTH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fire thorn; firethorn; pyracanth; Pyracantha

Hypernyms ("pyracanth" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("pyracanth" is a member of...):

genus Pyracantha (Eurasian evergreen thorny shrubs bearing red or orange-red berries)


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