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Noun: fetterbush  'fe-tu(r),bûsh
  1. Ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers
    "Mountain fetterbush bloomed profusely in early spring";
    - 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
    "The fetterbush's glossy foliage caught the morning light";
    - fetter bush, shiny lyonia, Lyonia lucida

Derived forms: fetter bushes, fetterbushes

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: genus Lyonia, genus Pieris, Lyonia, Pieris

Encyclopedia: Fetterbush