lyonia lucida
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Noun (1)
- showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbelSynonyms: fetterbushfetter bushshiny lyoniaType of shrub, bushMember of Lyonia, genus Lyonia
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“lyonia lucida” is listed under fetterbush.
fet′ter·bush′ noun
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.
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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54