Definitions
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- noun a plant of the
genus Pyracantha ; thefirethorn
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Examples
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Frances do you have rabbits that might be gnawing on the bark of the pyracanthus?
Bark « Fairegarden 2008
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It lay down along the valley beneath the beechwoods of the Hanger, a beading of thatched and red-tiled cottages — cottages with trellised porches and pyracanthus-lined faces, that clustered closer and closer as the road dropped from the yew trees by the church towards the bridge.
The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth Herbert George 2004
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It seemed that afternoon the most tranquil and idyllic collection of creeper-sheltered homes you can imagine; thatch still lingered on a whitewashed cottage or two, pyracanthus, wall-flowers, and daffodils abounded, and an unsystematic orchard or so was white with blossom above and gay with bulbs below.
Tono Bungay 1906
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It was warmed by the afternoon light and touched with the colour of a few neglected roses and a pyracanthus.
Tono Bungay 1906
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By the roadside too were many berries of bright hues; the glowing red of haws and hips, the amber of the pyracanthus, the rose tints of the spindle-wood.
New Italian sketches John Addington Symonds 1866
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The pyracanthus bushes in the hedge yield their clusters of bright yellow berries, mingled with more glowing hues of red from haws and glossy hips.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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By the roadside too were many berries of bright hues; the glowing red of haws and hips, the amber of the pyracanthus, the rose tints of the spindle-wood.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series John Addington Symonds 1866
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By the roadside too were many berries of bright hues; the glowing red of haws and hips, the amber of the pyracanthus, the rose tints of the spindle-wood.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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The pyracanthus bushes in the hedge yield their clusters of bright yellow berries, mingled with more glowing hues of red from haws and glossy hips.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series John Addington Symonds 1866
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The pyracanthus bushes in the hedge yield their clusters of bright yellow berries, mingled with more glowing hues of red from haws and glossy hips.
New Italian sketches John Addington Symonds 1866
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