Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha in the rose family, native to Asia and often cultivated for their evergreen foliage and showy reddish or orange berries.
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- noun Any of the
genus Pyracantha ofthorny evergreen largeshrubs .
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- noun any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries
Etymologies
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Examples
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We lucked out with the morning glories, they are all volunteers and are growing all over the pyracantha which is so loaded with berries it is like an orange wall fifteen feet tall.
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Plant prickly hedges such as pyracantha, holly or hawthorn to deter thieves and add sturdy trellis to fence panels to make fences more difficult to climb over.
icNewcastle 2009
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The waxwings' rather unusual speciality is supermarket car parks because of the owners' tendency to plant cotoneaster, pyracantha or non-native rowans that are heavy with red berries.
Country diary: Claxton, Norfolk Mark Cocker 2010
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GREAT morning glory photo, and mg climbing on pyracantha – delicious!
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The house was brown brick with tan and white striped aluminum awnings, surrounded by overgrown pyracantha bushes.
Richard Paul Evans Ebook Christmas Set Richard Paul Evans 2009
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I took your pyracantha link and was gratified to see that you have some of the same childhood memories I do.
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But this grid like look does not bode well for this pyracantha.
Bark « Fairegarden 2008
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This is a true long shot of the garden behind the garage that includes the orange berries of the giant pyracantha hedge, easily fifteen feet tall and fifty feet long.
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You can see the immensity of it knowing the height of the pyracantha.
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Other more widespread common species include Putterlickia pyracantha, Rhoicissus tridentata, Grewia accidentalis, Phyllanthus verrucosus, and the grass Panicum maximum.
fbharjo commented on the word pyracantha
fire (pyre) thorn
March 13, 2011