cotoneaster

See also: Cotoneaster

English

Cotoneaster frigidus

Etymology

From translingual Cotoneaster, from Latin cotōneum (“quince”) + -aster.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kə(ʊ)ˌtəʊniːˈastə/
• Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)

Noun

cotoneaster (plural cotoneasters)

1. Any of several erect or creeping shrubs, of the genus Cotoneaster, that have pinkish flowers and red berries.
   • 1900s, Thomas Hardy, Birds at Winter Nightfall:

     Around the house the flakes fly faster,

     And all the berries now are gone

     From holly and cotoneaster [..]