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Noun: fire bush  fI(-u)r bûsh
  1. Evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant
    - marmalade bush, fire-bush, Streptosolen jamesonii
     
  2. Densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
    - summer cypress, burning bush, fire-bush, belvedere, Bassia scoparia, Kochia scoparia

Derived forms: fire-bushes, fire bushes

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: Bassia, genus Bassia, genus Kochia, genus Streptosolen, Kochia, Streptosolen

Encyclopedia: Fire bush

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