Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thorn, Cratægus Pyracantha, found in the south of Europe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The evergreen thorn (
Cratægus Pyracantha ), a shrub native of Europe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various
thorny shrubs of thegenus Pyracantha having small whiteflowers followed by hard red or orange-redberries
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries
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Examples
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The house was encrusted with heavy thatchings, which dropped between the upper windows; the front, upon which the moonbeams directly played, had originally been white; but a huge pyracanth now darkened the greater portion.
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In the rougher hedges, dogwood, honeysuckle, pyracanth, and acacia made a network of white bloom and blushes.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series John Addington Symonds 1866
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In the rougher hedges, dogwood, honeysuckle, pyracanth, and acacia made a network of white bloom and blushes.
New Italian sketches John Addington Symonds 1866
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In the rougher hedges, dogwood, honeysuckle, pyracanth, and acacia made a network of white bloom and blushes.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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