pieris : Idioms & Phrases


genus pieris

  • noun decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines
    Pieris.
  • noun type genus of the Pieridae
    Pieris.
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pieris brassicae

  • noun Old World form of cabbage butterfly
    large white.
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pieris floribunda

  • noun ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers
    fetterbush; mountain andromeda; mountain fetterbush.
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pieris japonica

  • noun broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
    lily-of-the-valley tree; andromeda; Japanese andromeda.
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pieris protodice

  • noun common North American form of cabbage butterfly
    southern cabbage butterfly.
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pieris rapae

  • noun toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly
    cabbageworm.
  • noun small widely distributed form
    small white.
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