Pieris

noun

Pi·​er·​is

ˈpīərə̇s

1

: a small genus of American and Asiatic evergreen shrubs (family Ericaceae) having white flowers in bracted racemes and a cylindrical or urn-shaped corolla see japanese andromeda , mountain fetterbush

2

: the type genus of Pieridae containing the common cabbage butterflies

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek, Pierian Muse from Pieria

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