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    FIRE THORN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berriesplay

    Synonyms:

    fire thorn; firethorn; pyracanth; Pyracantha

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("fire thorn" is a kind of...):

    bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

    Holonyms ("fire thorn" is a member of...):

    genus Pyracantha (Eurasian evergreen thorny shrubs bearing red or orange-red berries)

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