noun
any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries
• Syn: ↑Pyracantha, ↑pyracanth, ↑firethorn
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Pyracantha
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noun : a plant of the genus Pyracantha; specifically : a European partly evergreen tree (P. coccinea) with white flowers and orange-red fruits
Useful english dictionary. 2012.