(n)evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant, Syn.fire bush, fire-bush, Streptosolen jamesonii
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n. [ From Prof. Jameson, of Edinburgh. ] (Min.) A steel-gray mineral, of metallic luster, commonly fibrous massive. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead, with a little iron. [ 1913 Webster ]