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Webster 1913 Edition

Pyracanth

Pyr′a-canth

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] fire + [GREEK] a thorn, prickly plant.]
(Bot.)
The evergreen thorn (
Cratægus Pyracantha
), a shrub native of Europe.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pyracanth

PYR'ACANTH

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Noun.
[Gr. fiery thorn.] A plant; a kind of thorn of the genus Mespilus.

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