pieris
English Thesaurus
1. type genus of the Pieridae (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | arthropod genus, |
| definition | : | a genus of arthropods (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | pieris rapae, small white, |
| definition | : | small widely distributed form (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | large white, pieris brassicae, |
| definition | : | Old World form of cabbage butterfly (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | cabbageworm, pieris rapae, |
| definition | : | toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | family pieridae, pieridae, |
| definition | : | arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies (noun.animal) |
2. decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | dilleniid dicot genus, |
| definition | : | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | andromeda, japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, pieris japonica, |
| definition | : | broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | fetterbush, mountain andromeda, mountain fetterbush, pieris floribunda, |
| definition | : | ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | ericaceae, family ericaceae, heath family, |
| definition | : | heathers (noun.plant) |
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