Definition of heath family Heath family
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| heath family - heathers | ||
| Ericaceae, family Ericaceae | ||
| dilleniid dicot family family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs | ||
| ericales, order ericales Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae | ||
| 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 | ||
| genus andromeda low-growing shrubs of northern regions of northern hemisphere | ||
| genus arbutus large evergreen shrubs and trees of southern Europe and western North America: strawberry tree; madrona | ||
| arctostaphylos, genus arctostaphylos bearberry; manzanita | ||
| bruckenthalia, genus bruckenthalia a genus containing only one species: spike heath | ||
| genus bryanthus a genus allied to and once included in genus Phyllodoce | ||
| calluna, genus calluna one species | ||
| cassiope, genus cassiope low tufted evergreen shrubs of colder parts of north temperate regions having moss-like foliage and nodding white or pink flowers | ||
| chamaedaphne, genus chamaedaphne one species: leatherleaf | ||
| daboecia, genus daboecia a dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae | ||
| epigaea, genus epigaea small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus | ||
| gaultheria, genus gaultheria widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs | ||
| gaylussacia, genus gaylussacia deciduous or evergreen shrubs of North America: black huckleberries | ||
| genus kalmia erect evergreen shrubs: mountain laurel | ||
| genus ledum, ledum evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions | ||
| genus leiophyllum, leiophyllum one species: sand myrtle | ||
| genus leucothoe American and Asiatic deciduous and evergreen shrubs | ||
| genus loiseleuria, loiseleuria one species: alpine azalea | ||
| genus lyonia, lyonia evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya | ||
| genus menziesia, menziesia deciduous shrubs of North America and eastern Asia | ||
| genus oxydendrum, oxydendrum sourwood | ||
| genus phyllodoce, phyllodoce small genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubs | ||
| genus pieris, pieris type genus of the Pieridae | ||
| genus rhododendron large genus of evergreen shrubs native to cooler regions of the northern hemisphere having showy flowers | ||
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