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Definition of Fetterbush
1. Noun. Ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers.
Exact synonyms: Mountain Andromeda, Mountain Fetterbush, Pieris Floribunda
Group relationships: Genus Pieris, Pieris
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Group relationships: Genus Pieris, Pieris
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
2. Noun. Showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel.
Exact synonyms: Fetter Bush, Lyonia Lucida, Shiny Lyonia
Group relationships: Genus Lyonia, Lyonia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Group relationships: Genus Lyonia, Lyonia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fetterbush
Literary usage of Fetterbush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Extracts from the Style Book of the Government Printing Office by United States Government Printing Office, Geological Survey (U.S., George McLane Wood, Government Printing Office, Geological Survey (U.S.), United States (1915)
"... brake, gale, leaf, shaw, wort. ferro (prefix); all one word. ferryboat, -flat,
house, man, -master. fetterbush, ..."
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