pieris
Noun
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Decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines (synset 112263809)
is a type of: dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsmember holonym:
- 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
same as: genus pieris -
Type genus of the Pieridae (synset 102283497)
is a type of: arthropod genus - a genus of arthropodsmember holonym:
- pieris rapae, small white - small widely distributed form
- large white, pieris brassicae - Old World form of cabbage butterfly
- cabbageworm, pieris rapae - toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly
belongs to: family pieridae, pieridae - arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterfliessame as: genus pieris
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