(n) 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. fetter bush, Lyonia lucida, shiny lyonia
(n) deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock, Syn. Lyonia mariana, stagger bush
prop. n. A genus of evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of the U. S. to the Antilles and eastern Asia to Himalaya. Syn. -- genus Lyonia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]