cotoneaster

Any of several erect or creeping shrubs, of the genus Cotoneaster, that have pinkish flowers and red berries.

Noun

  1. Any of several erect or creeping shrubs, of the genus Cotoneaster, that have pinkish flowers and red berries.
    • Around the house the flakes fly faster, And all the berries now are gone From holly and cotoneaster […] - 1901, Thomas Hardy, Birds at Winter Nightfall:

Origin

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

Forms

cotoneasters