noun
Meaning 1
A plant of the genus Pyracantha; the pyracantha.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
firethorn
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noun
Meaning 2
any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Pyracantha, pyracanth, fire thorn
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
History
Etymology
Calque of translingual Pyracantha. By surface analysis, fire + thorn.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: пираканта (pirakanta) — Pyracantha plant
- Chinese Mandarin: 火棘 (huǒjí) — Pyracantha plant
- French: pyracantha — Pyracantha plant
- Greek: πυράκανθος (pyrákanthos) — Pyracantha plant
- Ancient Greek: ὀξυάκανθα (oxuákantha) — Pyracantha plant
- Polish: ognik — Pyracantha plant
- Turkish: ateş dikeni — Pyracantha plant
- Turkish: tavşan elması — Pyracantha plant
- Turkish: ebem bükü — Pyracantha plant