Pieris

Pieris is two different genera:Pieris, the andromedas or fetterbushes, is a plant genus in the Ericaceae family.Pieris, the whites, is a butterfly genus in the Pieridae family, the whites.Pieris is also an ancient name of Kondariotissa and an ancient tribe where the name Pieria originatesAnother Pieris existed near what is now the southwestern portion of the Kavala prefecture in eastern Greek Macedonia. It is now a municipality, Piereis, covering most of the ancient Pieris.Pieris Proteolab AG is a German biotechnology company
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Noun
1. decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines
(synonym) genus Pieris
(hypernym) dilleniid dicot genus
(member-holonym) Ericaceae, family Ericaceae, heath family
(member-meronym) andromeda, Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica
2. type genus of the Pieridae
(synonym) genus Pieris
(hypernym) arthropod genus
(member-holonym) Pieridae, family Pieridae
(member-meronym) small white, Pieris rapae