"firethorn" meaning in English

See firethorn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: firethorns [plural]
Etymology: From fire + thorn. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fire|thorn}} fire + thorn Head templates: {{en-noun}} firethorn (plural firethorns)
  1. A plant of the genus Pyracantha; the pyracantha. Categories (lifeform): Pome fruits Derived forms: Formosa firethorn (taxonomic: Pyracantha koidzumii), Himalayan firethorn (taxonomic: Pyracantha crenulata), Nepal firethorn (taxonomic: Pyracantha crenulata), scarlet firethorn (taxonomic: Pyracantha coccinea), slender firethorn (taxonomic: Pyracantha angustifolia), woolly firethorn (taxonomic: Pyracantha angustifolia) Translations (Pyracantha plant): ὀξυάκανθα (oxuákantha) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), пираканта (pirakanta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 火棘 (huǒjí) (Chinese Mandarin), pyracantha [masculine] (French), ognik [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fire",
        "3": "thorn"
      },
      "expansion": "fire + thorn",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fire + thorn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "firethorns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "firethorn (plural firethorns)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Pome fruits",
          "orig": "en:Pome fruits",
          "parents": [
            "Rose family plants",
            "Shrubs",
            "Trees",
            "Rosales order plants",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "taxonomic": "Pyracantha koidzumii",
          "word": "Formosa firethorn"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Pyracantha crenulata",
          "word": "Himalayan firethorn"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Pyracantha crenulata",
          "word": "Nepal firethorn"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Pyracantha coccinea",
          "word": "scarlet firethorn"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Pyracantha angustifolia",
          "word": "slender firethorn"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Pyracantha angustifolia",
          "word": "woolly firethorn"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A plant of the genus Pyracantha; the pyracantha."
      ],
      "id": "en-firethorn-en-noun-hKB6uusB",
      "links": [
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Pyracantha",
          "Pyracantha#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "pyracantha",
          "pyracantha"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pirakanta",
          "sense": "Pyracantha plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пираканта"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huǒjí",
          "sense": "Pyracantha plant",
          "word": "火棘"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Pyracantha plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pyracantha"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "oxuákantha",
          "sense": "Pyracantha plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ὀξυάκανθα"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Pyracantha plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ognik"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "firethorn"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "taxonomic": "Pyracantha koidzumii",
      "word": "Formosa firethorn"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Pyracantha crenulata",
      "word": "Himalayan firethorn"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Pyracantha crenulata",
      "word": "Nepal firethorn"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Pyracantha coccinea",
      "word": "scarlet firethorn"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Pyracantha angustifolia",
      "word": "slender firethorn"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Pyracantha angustifolia",
      "word": "woolly firethorn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fire",
        "3": "thorn"
      },
      "expansion": "fire + thorn",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fire + thorn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "firethorns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "firethorn (plural firethorns)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "en:Pome fruits"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A plant of the genus Pyracantha; the pyracantha."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Pyracantha",
          "Pyracantha#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "pyracantha",
          "pyracantha"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pirakanta",
      "sense": "Pyracantha plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пираканта"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huǒjí",
      "sense": "Pyracantha plant",
      "word": "火棘"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Pyracantha plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pyracantha"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "oxuákantha",
      "sense": "Pyracantha plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ὀξυάκανθα"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Pyracantha plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ognik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "firethorn"
}

Download raw JSONL data for firethorn meaning in English (2.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.