PIERIS JAPONICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pieris japonica mean? 

• PIERIS JAPONICA (noun)
  The noun PIERIS JAPONICA has 1 sense:

1. broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers

  Familiarity information: PIERIS JAPONICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIERIS JAPONICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

andromeda; Japanese andromeda; lily-of-the-valley tree; Pieris japonica

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

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

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

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