pieris

/ ˈpaɪərɪs /

noun

1. any plant of a genus, Pieris, of American and Asiatic shrubs, esp P. formosa forrestii, grown for the bright red colour of its young foliage: family Ericaceae

Word History and Origins

Origin of pieris¹

New Latin, from Greek Pierides, a name for the Muses

Example Sentences

This insect is of Godart's fifth size, and comes very near to his Pieris nina.

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The Pieris, on its part, takes good care not to touch the tithymals: they would endanger its life.

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The man who was the first to see his cabbage-plot devastated by caterpillars made the acquaintance of the Pieris.

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The Pieris cratgi fixes itself at sunset on flowers, where it is easily taken by the hand.

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I think the case of female Pieris pyrrha proves that females alone can be greatly modified for protection.

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