pieris

pieris [ˈpaɪərɪs]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Pieris - decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines genus Pieris dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs Ericaceae, family Ericaceae, heath family - heathers 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 genus Pieris 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