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• marmalade bush — noun evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant • Syn: ↑fire bush, ↑fire bush, ↑Streptosolen jamesonii • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• fire bush — noun 1. evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant • Syn: ↑marmalade bush, ↑fire bush, ↑Streptosolen jamesonii • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms …   Useful english dictionary

• fire-bush — noun 1. evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant • Syn: ↑marmalade bush, ↑fire bush, ↑Streptosolen jamesonii • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms …   Useful english dictionary

• burning bush — firebush firebush n. 1. An evergreen South American shrub *{Streptosolen jamesonii}) having showy trumpet shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant. Syn: marmalade bush, {Streptosolen jamesonii}. [WordNet 1.5] 2. A densely… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• beauty bush — n. a hardy shrub (Kolkwitzia amabilis) of the honeysuckle family, having tubular pink flowers with white bristly hairs on the ovary * * * ▪ shrub       (Kolkwitzia amabilis), ornamental flowering shrub of the family Caprifoliaceae, native to… …   Universalium

• calico bush — Mountain Moun tain (moun t[i^]n), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ivy bush — Mountain Moun tain (moun t[i^]n), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• snow bush — noun 1. A small evergreen shrub (Breynia nivosa or Phyllanthus nivosus), having rounded green leaves with white marbling 2. (also snowˈbush) any of several white flowered ornamental N American shrubs • • • Main Entry: ↑snow …   Useful english dictionary

• Burning bush — Burning Burn ing, a. 1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery. [1913 Webster] 2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal. [1913 Webster] Like a young hound upon a burning scent. Dryden. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• beauty-bush — beau′ty bush n. pln a Chinese ornamental shrub, Kolkwitzia amabilis, of the honeysuckle family, having tubular pink flowers with white bristles within • Etymology: 1925–30 …   From formal English to slang

• beauty bush — noun Chinese deciduous shrub with yellow throated pinkish flowers and bristly fruit; often cultivated as an ornamental • Syn: ↑Kolkwitzia amabilis • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Kolkwitzia, ↑genus Kolkwitzia …   Useful english dictionary