pyracanth n 1: any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange- red berries [syn: {Pyracantha}, {pyracanth}, {fire thorn}, {firethorn}]
Pyracanth \Pyr"a*canth\, n. [Gr. ? fire + ? a thorn, prickly plant.] (Bot.) The evergreen thorn ({Crat[ae]gus Pyracantha}), a shrub native of Europe. [1913 Webster]