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Meaning of ERICA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any plant of the genus Erica
 
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 Synonyms: true heath
 
 See Also: bell heather, briar, brier, Cornish heath, cross-leaved heath, Erica arborea, Erica carnea, Erica cinerea, Erica lusitanica, Erica perspicua, Erica tetralix, Erica vagans, fine-leaved heath, genus Erica, heath, heather bell, Portuguese heath, Prince of Wales heath, Prince-of-Wales'-heath, Spanish heath, spring heath, tree heath, winter heath

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\E*ri"ca\, n. [NL., fr. L. erice heath, Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them
producing beautiful flowers.
 
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