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Pieris floribunda

Pieris floribunda

9.3
An evergreen garden shrub that has clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • When planting Pieris floribunda, make sure to provide acidic, well-drained soil for best results.

Examples

  • Landscapers often choose Pieris floribunda for its attractive evergreen foliage and clusters of white flowers.

  • The garden featured a beautiful Pieris floribunda blooming in early spring.

  • The Pieris floribunda blooms beautifully in spring.

  • Many gardeners love Pieris floribunda for its stunning flowers.

  • Landscapers often choose Pieris floribunda for its attractive evergreen foliage and clusters of white flowers.

  • The garden featured a beautiful Pieris floribunda blooming in early spring.

  • When planting Pieris floribunda, make sure to provide acidic, well-drained soil for best results.

Synonyms

mountain fetterbush
vsPieris floribunda
  • US
9.9

A small evergreen shrub with glossy leaves and small white bell-shaped flowers

is the identical description but labeled with a different common name
mountain andromeda
vsPieris floribunda
  • US
9.5

A small bush that stays green all year with white bell-shaped flowers

is the identical description but labeled with a different common name

Surface Forms

Pieris floribunda singular
Pieris floribundas plural

Morphology

Pieris + floribunda

This is a botanical binomial combining the genus 'Pieris' (an ornamental evergreen shrub) with the descriptive epithet 'floribunda' (bearing many clustered flowers). A learner who knows both constituents can readily infer it refers to a Pieris shrub characterized by abundant flowers, so the meaning is compositionally transparent and follows common cross-linguistic taxonomic naming patterns.

Etymology

Pieris floribunda comes from Latin: the genus Pieris and the word floribunda, which means 'many flowers'. The name paints the image of a small evergreen bush covered in clusters of white, bell-shaped blooms, so it tells you the plant is a shrub with lots of flowers.