Thorny vs Pyracantha - What's the difference?
thorny | pyracantha |
having thorns or spines
troublesome or vexatious
* Shakespeare
aloof and irritable
* Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives
Any of the genus Pyracantha of thorny evergreen large shrubs.
*{{quote-news, year=2008, date=June 1, author=Randy Kennedy, title=Tree Proud, work=New York Times
, passage=A few summers ago, an evil pyracantha shrub that blocked some of its sunlight was sacrificed in its honor. }}
As an adjective thorny
is having thorns or spines.As a noun pyracantha is
any of the genus Pyracantha of thorny evergreen large shrubs.thorny
English
Adjective
(er)- the steep and thorny way to heaven
- 'Come, Jo, don't be thorny . After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.'
Derived terms
* (l) * thorny restharrow * thorny trefoilAnagrams
*pyracantha
Noun
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