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FIRE BUSH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
Synonyms:
Bassia scoparia; belvedere; burning bush; fire-bush; fire bush; Kochia scoparia; summer cypress
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant
Synonyms:
fire-bush; fire bush; marmalade bush; Streptosolen jamesonii
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
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)
