Japanese andromeda

Japanese andromeda

n (Plants) an ericaceous Japanese shrub, Pieris japonica, with drooping clusters of small bell-shaped white flowers

Jap′anese′ androm′eda

n. an Asian evergreen shrub, Pieris japonica, of the heath family, having broad, glossy leaves and drooping clusters of whitish blossoms. [1945–50]

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Japanese andromeda - broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowersandromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonicagenus Pieris, Pieris - decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vinesbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems