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cotoneaster

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /kə(ʊ̯)ˌtəʊ̯niːˈastə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æstə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several erect or creeping shrubs, of the genus Cotoneaster, that have pinkish flowers and red berries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shrub, bush

Narrower terms: Cotoneaster dammeri, Cotoneaster horizontalis

History

Etymology

From translingual Cotoneaster, from Latin cotōneum (“quince”) + -aster.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَفَرْجَلِيَّة (safarjaliyya) — Cotoneaster
  • Arabic: كُوتُونَسْتِر (kūtūnastir) — Cotoneaster
  • Armenian: չմենի (čʻmeni) — Cotoneaster
  • Belarusian: кізі́льнік (kizílʹnik) — Cotoneaster
  • Czech: skalník — Cotoneaster
  • Danish: dværgmispel — Cotoneaster
  • Dutch: dwergmispel — Cotoneaster
  • Finnish: tuhkapensas — Cotoneaster
  • Georgian: ვაშლანა (vašlana) — Cotoneaster
  • German: Zwergmispel — Cotoneaster
  • Hungarian: madárbirs — Cotoneaster
  • Polish: irga — Cotoneaster
  • Portuguese: cotoneáster — Cotoneaster
  • Russian: кизи́льник (kizílʹnik) — Cotoneaster
  • Russian: ирга́ (irgá) — Cotoneaster
  • Serbo-Croatian: dunjàrica — Cotoneaster
  • Slovak: skalník — Cotoneaster
  • Spanish: cotoneaster — Cotoneaster
  • Turkish: dağ muşmulası — Cotoneaster
  • Ukrainian: кизи́льник (kyzýlʹnyk) — Cotoneaster
  • Ukrainian: кізі́льнік (kizílʹnik) — Cotoneaster
  • Ukrainian: ірга́ (irhá) — Cotoneaster
  • Welsh: cotoneaster — Cotoneaster
  • Welsh: creigafal — Cotoneaster