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genus Pieris

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Noun	1.	genus Pieris - decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines 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.	genus Pieris - type genus of the Pieridae 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

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Andromeda cabbageworm Ericaceae family Ericaceae family Pieridae fetterbush heath family Japanese andromeda large white lily-of-the-valley tree mountain andromeda mountain fetterbush Pieridae pieris Pieris brassicae Pieris floribunda Pieris japonica Pieris rapae small white			genus Phyllodoce genus Phylloporus genus Phyllorhynchus genus Phylloscopus genus Phyllostachys genus Phyllostomus genus Phylloxera genus Physa genus Physalia genus Physalis genus Physaria genus Physeter genus Physostegia genus Physostigma genus Phytelephas genus Phytolacca genus Phytophthora genus Pica genus Picea genus Pickeringia genus Picoides genus Picrasma genus Picris genus Picumnus genus Picus genus Pieris genus Pilea genus Pilosella genus Pilularia genus Pimenta genus Pimpinella genus Pinckneya genus Pinctada genus Pineus genus Pinguicula genus Pinguinus genus Pinicola genus Pinnotheres genus Pinus genus Pipa genus Piper genus Pipile genus Pipilo genus Pipistrellus genus Pipra genus Piptadenia genus Pipturus genus Piqueria genus Piranga genus Piroplasma genus Pisanosaurus			genus Phylloporus genus Phyllorhynchus genus Phylloscopus genus Phyllostachys genus Phyllostomus genus Phylloxera genus Physa genus Physalia genus Physalis genus Physaria genus Physeter genus Physostegia genus Physostigma genus Phytelephas genus Phytolacca genus Phytophthora genus Pica genus Picea genus Pickeringia genus Picoides genus Picrasma genus Picris genus Picumnus genus Picus genus Pieris genus Pilea genus Pilosella genus Pilularia genus Pimenta genus Pimpinella genus Pinckneya genus Pinctada genus Pineus genus Pinguicula genus Pinguinus genus Pinicola genus Pinnotheres genus Pinus genus Pipa genus Piper genus Pipile genus Pipilo genus Pipistrellus genus Pipra genus Piptadenia genus Pipturus genus Piqueria genus Piranga genus Piroplasma

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