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pyracantha
[ pahy-ruh-kan-thuh ]
pyracantha
/ ˌpaɪrəˈkænθə /
noun
- any rosaceous shrub of the genus Pyracantha, esp the firethorn, widely cultivated for ornament
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pyracantha1
1700–10; < New Latin Pyracantha type genus < Greek pȳrákantha kind of shrub, equivalent to pŷr fire + ákantha thorn
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pyracantha1
C17: from Greek purakantha name of a shrub, from pyro- + akantha thorn
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Example Sentences
Pyracantha, both for its perpetual verdure, if the fences had not already challengd it, chap.
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