pyracantha

[ pahy-ruh-kan-thuh ]

noun,plural py·ra·can·thas.

Origin of pyracantha

1
1700–10; <New Latin Pyracantha type genus <Greek pȳrákantha kind of shrub, equivalent to pŷr fire + ákantha thorn

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How to use pyracantha in a sentence

  • pyracantha, both for its perpetual verdure, if the fences had not already challengd it, chap.

    Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) | John Evelyn

British Dictionary definitions for pyracantha

pyracantha

/ (ˌpaɪrəˈkænθə) /


noun
  1. any rosaceous shrub of the genus Pyracantha, esp the firethorn, widely cultivated for ornament

Origin of pyracantha

1
C17: from Greek purakantha name of a shrub, from pyro- + akantha thorn

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