PIERIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pieris mean? 

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

1. decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines

2. type genus of the Pieridae

  Familiarity information: PIERIS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIERIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pieris; Pieris

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Pieris"):

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)

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

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Type genus of the Pieridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pieris; Pieris

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Pieris"):

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)

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

family Pieridae; Pieridae (arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies)