FETTERBUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fetterbush mean? 

• FETTERBUSH (noun)
  The noun FETTERBUSH has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: FETTERBUSH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FETTERBUSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fetterbush; mountain andromeda; mountain fetterbush; Pieris floribunda

Hypernyms ("fetterbush" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("fetterbush" is a member of...):

genus Pieris; Pieris (decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fetter bush; fetterbush; Lyonia lucida; shiny lyonia

Hypernyms ("fetterbush" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("fetterbush" is a member of...):

genus Lyonia; Lyonia (evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya)