(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:23:38

Pyr"a*canth (?), n. [Gr. fire + a thorn, prickly plant.] Bot.

The evergreen thorn (Crataegus Pyracantha), a shrub native of Europe.

 

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