Pyracanth \Pyr"a*canth\, n. [Gr. ? fire + ? a thorn, prickly plant.] (Bot.) The evergreen thorn ({Crat[ae]gus Pyracantha}), a shrub native of Europe.
pyracanth n : any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries [syn: {Pyracantha}, {fire thorn}, {firethorn}]