burning bush

Noun

• densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn

• Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather

• deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds

• (Old Testament) the bush that burned without being consumed and from which God spoke to Moses

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  summer cypress , fire bush , fire-bush , belvedere , Bassia scoparia , Kochia scoparia , fraxinella , dittany , gas plant , Dictamnus alba , wahoo , Euonymus atropurpureus