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单词 scarlet firethorn
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scarlet firethorn
Originally: (more fully scarlet firethorn) the thorny shrub Pyracantha coccinea, which has evergreen foliage, white flowers, and persistent scarlet berries, and is native to southern Europe but widely cultivated elsewhere. In later use also: any shrub of the genus Pyracantha (see pyracantha n.).
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1832 C. Don Gen. Hist. Dichlamydeous Plants II. 598/1 Fruit [of Cratægus Pyracantha]..of a beautiful scarlet colour, remaining on the tree almost all the winter, whence it is called Buisson ardent by the French, as also its Greek name Pyracantha, which signifies fire-thorn.]
1834 Genesee (Rochester, N.Y.) Farmer 13 Sept. 289/3 The berries of the Fire Thorn (Mespilus pyracantha) are now just beginning to glow.
1895 Gardening Illustr. 14 Sept. 434/3 You might plant fruit-trees..on the west side wall, or if you prefer flowering-creepers plant Honeysuckles, Pyracantha (Firethorn), and Cotoneaster Simonsi.
1940 Salt Lake Tribune 27 Oct. 4 d/5 Outstanding in the present brilliant autumn landscape is that excellent almost-evergreen shrub, the scarlet firethorn.
1982 M. W. Mathias Flowering Plants in Landscape ii. 83 Numerous cultivars of firethorns are available in the trade.
2010 N. Smith tr. U. Nordfjell Fourteen Gardens v. 93/2 Simple low mats of spreading evergreens have been planted, such as scarlet firethorn.
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