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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fire thorn
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]