pyracantha
[ pahy-ruh-kan-thuh ]
/ ˌpaɪ rəˈkæn θə /
noun, plural py·ra·can·thas.
Origin of pyracantha
1700–10; < New Latin
Pyracantha type genus < Greek
pȳrákantha kind of shrub, equivalent to
pŷr
fire +
ákantha thorn
Words nearby pyracantha
pyostatic,
pyothorax,
pyourachus,
pyoureter,
pyr-,
pyracantha,
pyralid,
pyramid,
pyramid bet,
pyramid letter,
pyramid of light
Example sentences from the Web for pyracantha
Pyracantha, both for its perpetual verdure, if the fences had not already challengd it, chap.
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) |John Evelyn
British Dictionary definitions for pyracantha
pyracantha
/ (ˌpaɪrəˈkænθə) /
noun
any rosaceous shrub of the genus Pyracantha, esp the firethorn, widely cultivated for ornament
Word Origin for pyracantha
C17: from Greek
purakantha name of a shrub, from
pyro- +
akantha thorn