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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  fetterbush \fet"ter*bush`\ n.
     1. An ornamental evergreen shrub ({Pieris floribunda}) of the
        Southeastern U. S. having small white bell-shaped flowers.
  
     Syn: mountain fetterbush, mountain andromeda, {Pieris
          floribunda}.


          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. A showy evergreen shrub ({Lyonia lucida}) of the
        Southeastern U. S. with shiny leaves and angled branches
        and umbel-like clusters of pink to reddish flowers.
  
     Syn: fetter bush, shiny lyonia, {Lyonia lucida}.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fetterbush
       n 1: ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States
            having small white bell-shaped flowers [syn: {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 [syn: {fetter bush},
           {shiny lyonia}, {Lyonia lucida}]

















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