a small-leaved shrub of the rose family, cultivated as a hedging plant or for its bright red berries which often remain on the plant throughout the winter 鋪地蜈蚣;栒子
Genus Cotoneaster, family Rosaceae 栒子屬,薔薇科
語源
mid 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin cotoneum (see quince) + -aster