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firethorn

fi·ret·horn

uncommon

noun

1.

any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries

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Origin

Calque of translingual Pyracantha. By surface analysis, fire + thorn.

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