[syn: summer cypress, burning bush, fire bush, fire-bush, belvedere, Bassia scoparia, Kochia scoparia]
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):
fire-bush
n 1: evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped
orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant [syn:
marmalade bush, fire bush, fire-bush, Streptosolen
jamesonii]
2: densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in
autumn [syn: summer cypress, burning bush, fire bush,
fire-bush, belvedere, Bassia scoparia, Kochia
scoparia]