fire-bush (n.)

  1. evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant

    [ Syn: marmalade bush , fire bush , streptosolen jamesonii ]

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

    [ Syn: summer cypress , burning bush , fire bush , belvedere , bassia scoparia , kochia scoparia ]

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