[syn: summer cypress, burning bush, fire bush, fire-bush, belvedere, Bassia scoparia, Kochia scoparia]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wahoo \Wa*hoo"\, n.
Any of various American trees or shrubs; specif.:
(a) A certain shrub (Evonymus atropurpureus) having purple
capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled
seeds; -- called also burning bush.
(b) Cascara buckthorn.
(c) Basswood.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Burning \Burn"ing\, a.
1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
[1913 Webster]
2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement;
powerful; as, burning zeal.
[1913 Webster]
Like a young hound upon a burning scent. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Burning bush (Bot.), an ornamental shrub (Euonymus
atropurpureus), bearing a crimson berry.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
firebush \firebush\ n.
1. An evergreen South American shrub *Streptosolen
jamesonii) having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers;
grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
Syn: marmalade bush, Streptosolen jamesonii.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. A densely branched Eurasian plant (Bassia scoparia)
whose foliage turns purple-red in autumn; also called
burning bush.
Syn: summer cypress, burning bush, belvedere, Bassia
scoparia, Kochia scoparia.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
burning bush
n 1: (Old Testament) the bush that burned without being consumed
and from which God spoke to Moses
2: deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet
seeds [syn: wahoo, burning bush, Euonymus
atropurpureus]
3: Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit
flammable vapor in hot weather [syn: fraxinella, dittany,
burning bush, gas plant, Dictamnus alba]
4: densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in
autumn [syn: summer cypress, burning bush, fire bush,
fire-bush, belvedere, Bassia scoparia, Kochia
scoparia]