Erica

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A large genus of branched rigid shrubs, of the natural order Ericaceæ, consisting of more than 400 species, most of which are natives of southern Africa, a few being found in Europe and Asia; the heaths.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of many heathers, of the genus Erica, used as garden plants
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  • noun. any plant of the genus Erica