Fetterbush (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel
Synonyms:
fetter bush; fetterbush; Lyonia lucida; shiny lyonia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fetterbush" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("fetterbush" is a member of...):
genus Lyonia; Lyonia (evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers
Synonyms:
fetterbush; mountain andromeda; mountain fetterbush; Pieris floribunda
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("fetterbush" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("fetterbush" is a member of...):
genus Pieris; Pieris (decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines)