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Definition of Pyracanth
1. Noun. Any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries.
Group relationships: Genus Pyracantha
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Pyracanth
1. n. The evergreen thorn (Cratægus Pyracantha), a shrub native of Europe.
Definition of Pyracanth
1. Noun. Any of various thorny shrubs of the genus ''Pyracantha'' having small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyracanth
Literary usage of Pyracanth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Parks, Gardens, Etc., of London and Its Suburbs, Described and by Edward Kemp (1851)
"On the rockwork which supports the banks at either side of the entrance to the
conservatory, large patches of the Russian pyracanth are appropriately placed ..."
2. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"... upper windows: the front, upon which the moonbeams directly played, had
originally been white; but a huge pyracanth now darkened the greater portion. ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1889)
"It covered four or five acres, and was inclosed with hedges of pyracanth covered
with sweet, white blossoms in ..."
4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"The pyracanth berries turned red; dahlias and chrysanthemums succeeded the roses.
The mists were blown from the mountain-tops by the light evening breezes. ..."
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