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Meaning of EPIGAEA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus
 
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 Synonyms: genus Epigaea
 
 See Also: dilleniid dicot genus, Ericaceae, family Ericaceae, heath family

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ep`i*g[ae]"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + ? earth.]
(Bot.)
An American genus of plants, containing but a single species
({E. repens}), the trailing arbutus.
 

 

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