Associations to the word «Pieris»

Wiktionary

PIERIS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae   — certain shrubs, the andromedas or fetterbushes.
PIERIS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Pieridae   — the whites, typical pierid butterflies.
PIERIS JAPONICA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae   — the Japanese andromeda.
PIERIS RAPAE, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Pieridae   — the small white.

Dictionary definition

PIERIS, noun. Decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines.
PIERIS, noun. Type genus of the Pieridae.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats