noun
1. evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant
• Syn: ↑marmalade bush, ↑fire-bush, ↑Streptosolen jamesonii
• Member Holonyms: ↑Streptosolen, ↑genus Streptosolen
2. densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
• Syn: ↑summer cypress, ↑burning bush, ↑fire-bush, ↑belvedere, ↑Bassia scoparia, ↑Kochia scoparia
• Member Holonyms: ↑Bassia, ↑genus Bassia, ↑Kochia, ↑genus Kochia
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noun1. : fire thorn
2. : a low West Indian shrub (Croton lucidus) having small flowers in terminal racemes
3. : spindle tree
4. : summer cypress
Useful english dictionary. 2012.