FIRE THORN

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

fire thorn; firethorn; pyracanth; Pyracantha

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("fire thorn" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("fire thorn" is a member of...):

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