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Definition of Japanese andromeda
1. Noun. Broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers.
Group relationships: Genus Pieris, Pieris
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanese Andromeda
Literary usage of Japanese andromeda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shinto, the Way of the Gods by William George Aston (1905)
"It was this sword which Susa no wo found in the tail of the great serpent slain
by him to rescue the Japanese andromeda, and sent as an offering to his ..."
2. Shinto, (the Way of the Gods). by William George Aston (1905)
"It was this sword which Susa no wo found in the tail of the great serpent slain
by him to rescue the Japanese andromeda, and sent as an offering to his ..."
3. Queer Things about Japan by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1903)
"This was the origin of the Shinto service and regalia; the sword added being that
with which the Importunate Male rescued a Japanese andromeda from an ..."
4. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"Most of the evergreens (like Kalmia, Japanese andromeda, and Rhododendrons of
beautiful colour) are choice flowering ones, so that we have bloom in spring ..."
5. Shinto: The Ancient Religion of Japan by William George Aston (1907)
"Here he appears in a totally new character as the Perseus of a Japanese andromeda,
whom he rescues from a huge serpent, having first intoxicated the monster ..."
6. The English Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground: Design and Arrangement Shown by William Robinson (1899)
"Most of the evergreens (like Kalmia, Japanese andromeda, and Rhododendrons of
beautiful colour) are choice flowering ones, so that we have bloom in spring ..."
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