Pieris
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pieris
(ˈpaɪərɪs; ˈpiːərɪs)n
(Plants) any plant of a genus, Pieris, of American and Asiatic shrubs, esp P. formosa forrestii, grown for the bright red colour of its young foliage: family Ericaceae
[New Latin, from Greek Pierides, a name for the Muses]
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| Noun | 1. | Pieris - decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs andromeda, Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica - broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers fetterbush, mountain andromeda, mountain fetterbush, Pieris floribunda - ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers |
| 2. | Pieris - type genus of the Pieridae arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods family Pieridae, Pieridae - arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies small white, Pieris rapae - small widely distributed form large white, Pieris brassicae - Old World form of cabbage butterfly cabbageworm, Pieris rapae - toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly |
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