| pierid | (n) any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs, Syn. pierid butterfly |
| pieridae | (n) arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies, Syn. family Pieridae |
| pieris | (n) decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines, Syn. genus Pieris |
| pieris | (n) type genus of the Pieridae, Syn. genus Pieris |
| andromeda | (n) broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers, Syn. Japanese andromeda, Pieris japonica, lily-of-the-valley tree |
| cabbageworm | (n) toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly, Syn. Pieris rapae |
| fetterbush | (n) ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers, Syn. mountain andromeda, mountain fetterbush, Pieris floribunda |
| large white | (n) Old World form of cabbage butterfly, Syn. Pieris brassicae |
| natural logarithm | (n) a logarithm to the base e, Syn. Napierian logarithm |
| small white | (n) small widely distributed form, Syn. Pieris rapae |
| southern cabbage butterfly | (n) common North American form of cabbage butterfly, Syn. Pieris protodice |
| Naperian | { } a. Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Napier, or Naper. [ 1913 Webster ]
Naperian logarithms. See under Logarithms. [ 1913 Webster ]
Variants: Napierian |
| Pierian | a. [ L. Pierius, from Mount Pierus, in Thessaly, sacred to the Muses. ] Of or pertaining to Pierides or Muses. [ 1913 Webster ] Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pierid | n. [ See Peirides. ] (Zool.) Any butterfly of the genus Pieris and related genera. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pierides | ‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Pierian. ] (Class. Myth.) The Muses. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 条黒白蝶 | [すじぐろしろちょう;スジグロシロチョウ, sujiguroshirochou ; sujiguroshirochou] (n) (uk) Pieris melete (species of cabbage white butterfly) [Add to Longdo] |
| 馬酔木 | [あせび;あしび;あせぼ;あせぶ, asebi ; ashibi ; asebo ; asebu] (n) Japanese andromeda (Pieris japonica); lily-of-the-valley [Add to Longdo] |
| 白蝶 | [しろちょう;シロチョウ, shirochou ; shirochou] (n) (uk) any butterfly of family Pieridae (inc. the white butterflies and the sulfur butterflies) [Add to Longdo] |
| 姫馬酔木 | [ひめあせび, himeasebi] (n) Pieris japonica; Hime Lily of the valley bush; andromeda [Add to Longdo] |
| 覆輪馬酔木 | [ふくりんあせび, fukurin'asebi] (n) Pieris japonica; fukurin; Lily of the valley bush; andromeda [Add to Longdo] |
| 紋白蝶 | [もんしろちょう;モンシロチョウ, monshirochou ; monshirochou] (n) (uk) small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) [Add to Longdo] |
