NOUN | plant | Pieris, genus Pieris | decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines |
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animal | Pieris, genus Pieris | type genus of the Pieridae |
Meaning | decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines. | |
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Synonym | genus Pieris | |
Member of | Ericaceae, family Ericaceae, heath family | heathers |
Members | 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 fetterbush, mountain andromeda, Pieris floribunda | Ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers | |
Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
Spanish | genus pieris, pieris | |
Catalan | genus pieris, pieris |
Meaning | type genus of the Pieridae. | |
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Synonym | genus Pieris | |
Member of | Pieridae, family Pieridae | arthropod family including cabbage butterflies |
Members | cabbageworm, Pieris rapae | toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly |
large white, Pieris brassicae | Old World form of cabbage butterfly | |
small white, Pieris rapae | small widely distributed form | |
Broader | arthropod genus | A genus of arthropods |
Spanish | género Pieris, genus pieris, Pieris, pieris | |
Catalan | genus pieris, pieris |
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