Definition of erica Erica
/ɛˈɹɪkʌ/ - [eriku] - Er•i•ca
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What does erica mean?
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NounPlural: ericas |
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| erica - any plant of the genus Erica | ||
| true heath | ||
| heath a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation | ||
| genus erica large genus of low much-branched woody evergreens ranging from prostrate subshrubs to trees: true heaths | ||
| erica arborea, tree heath, briar, brier evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes | ||
| erica carnea, spring heath, winter heath dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers | ||
| erica cinerea, fine-leaved heath, heather bell, bell heather common low European shrub with purple-red flowers | ||
| cross-leaved heath, erica tetralix, bell heather dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers | ||
| cornish heath, erica vagans bushy shrub having pink to white flowers; common on the moors of Cornwall and in southwestern Europe; cultivated elsewhere | ||
| erica lusitanica, portuguese heath, spanish heath erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in southwestern England | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- erica (n.)
A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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erica
e-rī′ka, n. the scientific name for heath.—adj. Ericā′ceous, belonging to plants of the genus Erica. [L.,—Gr. ereikē, heath.]
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🔤- erica, noun, singular of ericas.
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