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pyracanth


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pyracanth  \Pyr"a*canth\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  fire  +  ?  a  thorn,  prickly 
  plant.]  (Bot.) 
  The  evergreen  thorn  ({Crat[ae]gus  Pyracantha}),  a  shrub 
  native  of  Europe. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pyracanth 
  n  :  any  of  various  thorny  shrubs  of  the  genus  Pyracantha  bearing 
  small  white  flowers  followed  by  hard  red  or  orange-red 
  berries  [syn:  {Pyracantha},  {fire  thorn},  {firethorn}] 




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