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n. Any of the genus ''Pyracantha'' of thorny evergreen large shrubs.
Wikipedia
Pyracantha is a genus of large, thorny evergreen shrubs in the family Rosaceae, with common names firethorn or pyracantha. They are native to an area extending from Southwest Europe east to Southeast Asia, resemble and are related to Cotoneaster, but have serrated leaf margins and numerous thorns (Cotoneaster is thornless).
The plants reach up to tall. The seven species have white flowers and either red, orange, or yellow berries (technically pomes). The flowers are produced during late spring and early summer; the berries develop from late summer, and mature in late autumn.
Usage examples of "pyracantha".
The arching mountain range above us was overgrown with nettle, ceanothus, pyracantha, and coastal sage scrub, the soil too poor to support many trees.
The landscaping was sparse, composed of drought-tolerant plants: pyracantha, wisteria, and succulents.
The old pyracantha was still there, too, with its spear-like thorns, scarlet berries and tiny, shiny dried-blood-on-green leaves.
In the shadows, darker than a sea-cave, between the garage and a Pyracantha watereri, a claw-like hand tightened its grip on the shotgun.
I had no imagination for making use of the sycamore balls or pyracantha berries or dried hydrangeas that could be spray-painted to great effectI was decoratively challenged.
Long, prickly fingers of pyracantha poked through the iron bars, and its fiery thorns grabbed at her clothes as she passed, as if warning her to stay away.
I battle that with pyracantha, the December-blooming camellias, and lots of holly in strategic places.
Browning grass, a stretch of pyracantha clawing up one side of the fence, and the hedge of oleanders.
The spots of color remaining were the bright-red holly berries and the orange pyracantha berries.
By the time I reached the porch, he had disappeared into the pyracantha thicket.