Example sentences from the Web for pieris

I had, in Freiburg, a large number of pup of the first summer brood of Pieris Napi, bred from eggs.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann
Among these was a new species, which I have named Pieris tamar.
The Malay Archipelago|Alfred Russell Wallace
Similar results have been obtained with the seasonally dimorphic Pieris napi.
The Making of Species|Douglas Dewar
You ask what I think about the gay-coloured females of Pieris.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II|Charles Darwin

Many caterpillars of Pieris rapæ have, during this autumn, fed below my windows.
Animal Intelligence|George J. Romanes

pieris

/ (ˈpaɪərɪs) /

noun

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 Origin for pieris

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

Words nearby pieris

Pierian, Pierian Spring, pierid, Pierides, pieridine, pieris, Piero della Francesca, Piero di Cosimo, pierogi, Pierre, Pierrefonds

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单词	pieris
释义	Example sentences from the Web for pieris I had, in Freiburg, a large number of pup of the first summer brood of Pieris Napi, bred from eggs. Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)\|August Weismann Among these was a new species, which I have named Pieris tamar. The Malay Archipelago\|Alfred Russell Wallace Similar results have been obtained with the seasonally dimorphic Pieris napi. The Making of Species\|Douglas Dewar You ask what I think about the gay-coloured females of Pieris. More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II\|Charles Darwin Many caterpillars of Pieris rapæ have, during this autumn, fed below my windows. Animal Intelligence\|George J. Romanes pieris / (ˈpaɪərɪs) / noun 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 Origin for pieris New Latin, from Greek Pierides, a name for the Muses Words nearby pieris Pierian, Pierian Spring, pierid, Pierides, pieridine, pieris, Piero della Francesca, Piero di Cosimo, pierogi, Pierre, Pierrefonds Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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