pyracantha
[ pahy-ruh-kan-thuh ]
Origin of pyracantha
11700–10; <New Latin Pyracantha type genus <Greek pȳrákantha kind of shrub, equivalent to pŷr fire + ákantha thorn
Words Nearby pyracantha
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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.
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British Dictionary definitions for pyracantha
pyracantha
/ (ˌpaɪrəˈkænθə) /
noun
any rosaceous shrub of the genus Pyracantha, esp the firethorn, widely cultivated for ornament
Origin of pyracantha
1C17: from Greek purakantha name of a shrub, from pyro- + akantha thorn
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