noun
1. decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines
• Syn: ↑genus Pieris
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ericaceae, ↑family Ericaceae, ↑heath family
• Member Meronyms:
↑andromeda, ↑Japanese andromeda, ↑lily-of-the-valley tree, ↑Pieris japonica, ↑fetterbush, ↑mountain fetterbush, ↑mountain andromeda, ↑Pieris floribunda
2. type genus of the Pieridae
• Syn: ↑genus Pieris
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pieridae, ↑family Pieridae
• Member Meronyms: ↑small white, ↑Pieris rapae, ↑large white, ↑Pieris brassicae, ↑cabbageworm
Useful english dictionary. 2012.