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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
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)
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