noun
ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers
• Syn: ↑fetterbush, ↑mountain andromeda, ↑Pieris floribunda
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pieris, ↑genus Pieris
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noun : an ornamental evergreen shrub (Pieris floribunda) of the southeastern United States with small white bell-shaped flowers — called also mountain andromeda
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an erect shrub, Pieris floribunda, of the heath family, found from Virginia to Georgia, having white flowers in nodding clusters.
[1795-1805]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.