[syn: fetterbush, fetter bush, shiny lyonia, Lyonia lucida]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
fetterbush \fet"ter*bush`\ n.
1. An ornamental evergreen shrub (Pieris floribunda) of the
Southeastern U. S. having small white bell-shaped flowers.
Syn: mountain fetterbush, mountain andromeda, Pieris
floribunda.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. A showy evergreen shrub (Lyonia lucida) of the
Southeastern U. S. with shiny leaves and angled branches
and umbel-like clusters of pink to reddish flowers.
Syn: fetter bush, shiny lyonia, Lyonia lucida.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fetterbush
n 1: ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States
having small white bell-shaped flowers [syn: fetterbush,
mountain fetterbush, mountain andromeda, Pieris
floribunda]
2: showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with
shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to
reddish flowers that resemble an umbel [syn: fetterbush,
fetter bush, shiny lyonia, Lyonia lucida]