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1. ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers

2. showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel

1. : a showy shrub (Lyonia lucida) of the southern United States with persistent leaves and angled branchlets

2. : mountain fetterbush

3. : a plant of the genus Leucothoe

/fet"euhr boosh'/, n.

1. an evergreen shrub, Lyonia lucida, of the heath family, native to the southern U.S., having clusters of fragrant, white flowers.

2. a similar shrub, Pieris floribunda, having long upright clusters of small white flowers.

3. any of several heathlike shrubs of the southern U.S.

[1855-60, Amer.; FETTER + BUSH¹; so called because it impedes walkers]