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fire-bush

fire-bush

8.8
An evergreen shrub with bright orange, trumpet-shaped flowers grown for gardens or as a houseplant
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : arbusto de fuego
  • Gardeners prize the fire-bush for its striking orange blossoms and evergreen foliage.

Examples

  • She keeps a fire-bush in her sunlit living room as a houseplant.

  • The fire-bush added vibrant color to their tropical garden.

  • The fire-bush blooms beautifully in the summer.

  • I bought a fire-bush for my garden.

  • Gardeners prize the fire-bush for its striking orange blossoms and evergreen foliage.

  • She keeps a fire-bush in her sunlit living room as a houseplant.

  • The fire-bush added vibrant color to their tropical garden.

Synonyms

Streptosolen jamesonii
vsfire-bush
  • Specialized
9.9

A small green bush with bright orange flowers shaped like trumpets grown for decoration

is the common garden name used instead of the scientific species name
marmalade bush
vsfire-bush
9.9

An evergreen South American shrub with bright orange, trumpet-shaped flowers grown for decoration

is another common garden name used for the same plant

Surface Forms

fire-bush singular
fire-bushes plural

Morphology

fire-bush = fire + bush (transparent) = fire + bush

A direct compound: the shrub is described by a 'fire-like' visual quality (bright orange flowers) plus 'bush'.

Etymology

Fire-bush combines the simple words fire and bush because the plant's showy orange, trumpet-shaped flowers look like little 'fires', especially in tropical gardens or inside homes. That bright, flame-like colour is why people call and grow it as a fire-bush.