See Also: pieris(dictionary)

asphyxiate (oh) and pieris (iou)


asphyxiate (oh)



to prevent someone from breathing normally, usually so that they die
-synonym suffocate suffocate
-- asphyxiation /As7fIksi5eIFEn, Es-/ n [U]

pieris (iou)



pieris noun. Pl. same. M19.
[mod. Latin (see below) from Latin = a muse, from Pieria: see PIERIAN.]
Any of various evergreen shrubs of the genus Pieris, of the heath family, native to N. America and Asia and bearing ornamental panicles of waxy white bell-shaped flowers. M19.
Entomology. A butterfly of the genus Pieris, the members of which are white and include the common cabbage whites. Chiefly as mod. Latin genus name. M19.