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FIRE BUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fire bush mean? 

FIRE BUSH (noun)
  The noun FIRE BUSH has 2 senses:

1. evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplantplay

2. densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumnplay

  Familiarity information: FIRE BUSH used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIRE BUSH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fire-bush; fire bush; marmalade bush; Streptosolen jamesonii

Hypernyms ("fire bush" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("fire bush" is a member of...):

genus Streptosolen; Streptosolen (one species: marmalade bush)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bassia scoparia; belvedere; burning bush; fire-bush; fire bush; Kochia scoparia; summer cypress

Hypernyms ("fire bush" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("fire bush" is a member of...):

Bassia; genus Bassia; genus Kochia; Kochia (summer cypress)


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