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    GENUS PIERIS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Pieridaeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Pieris; Pieris

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Pieris" is a member of...):

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

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vinesplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Pieris; Pieris

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Pieris" is a member of...):

    Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)

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