| Noun | 1.genus Pieris - decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vinesPierisdilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsEricaceae, family Ericaceae, heath family - heathersandromeda, Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica - broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowersfetterbush, mountain andromeda, mountain fetterbush, Pieris floribunda - ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers | | 2.genus Pieris - type genus of the PieridaePierisarthropod genus - a genus of arthropodsfamily Pieridae, Pieridae - arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterfliessmall white, Pieris rapae - small widely distributed formlarge white, Pieris brassicae - Old World form of cabbage butterflycabbageworm, Pieris rapae - toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly |