pyracanth

WORDNET DICTIONARY

pyracanth(n = noun.plant) fire thorn, firethorn, pyracantha - any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries;

is a member of genus pyracantha

is a kind of bush, shrub

pyracanth, n. [Gr. fire + a thorn, prickly plant.].

The evergreen thorn (Cratægus Pyracantha), a shrub native of Europe. [1913 Webster]