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pi·er·is
\ˈpīərə̇s\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, Pierian Muse from Pieria — more at pierian
1. : a small genus of American and Asiatic evergreen shrubs (family Ericaceae) having white flowers in bracted racemes and a cylindrical or urn-shaped corolla — see japanese andromeda, mountain fetterbush
2. : the type genus of Pieridae containing the common cabbage butterflies |