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 houseplant

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

  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)