Found 2 items, similar to burning bush.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: burning bush
burning bush
n 1: (Old Testament) the bush that burned without being consumed
and from which God spoke to Moses
2: deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet
seeds [syn:
wahoo,
Euonymus atropurpureus]
3: Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit
flammable vapor in hot weather [syn:
fraxinella,
dittany,
gas plant,
Dictamnus alba]
4: densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in
autumn [syn:
summer cypress,
fire bush,
fire-bush,
belvedere,
Bassia scoparia,
Kochia scoparia]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: burning bush
Wahoo
\Wa*hoo"\, n.
Any of various American trees or shrubs; specif.:
(a) A certain shrub (
Evonymus atropurpureus) having purple
capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled
seeds; -- called also
burning bush.
(b) Cascara buckthorn.
(c) Basswood.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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 branched Eurasian plant (
Bassia scoparia)
whose foliage turns purple-red in autumn; also called
burning bush.
Syn: summer cypress, burning bush, belvedere,
Bassia scoparia
, Kochia scoparia.
[WordNet 1.5]