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pieris
 
Noun pieris has 2 senses
  1. Pieris, genus Pieris - decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines
    --1 is a kind of dilleniid dicot genus
    --1 is a member of Ericaceae, family Ericaceae, heath family
    --1 has members:
     andromeda, Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica; fetterbush, mountain fetterbush, mountain andromeda, Pieris floribunda
  2. Pieris, genus Pieris - type genus of the Pieridae
    --2 is a kind of arthropod genus
    --2 is a member of Pieridae, family Pieridae
    --2 has members:
     small white, Pieris rapae; large white, Pieris brassicae; cabbageworm, Pieris rapae
piercing piercingly piercings pierdes piergiorgio pierid pierid butterfly pieridae pieris pieris brassicae pieris floribunda pieris japonica pieris protodice pieris rapae pierpont pierre-berge-saint pierre-paul broca

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