Definition of Erica

1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Erica.


Definition of Erica

1. n. A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers.

Definition of Erica

1. Proper noun. (Germanic female given name). ¹

2. Noun. Any of many heathers, of the genus ''Erica'', used as garden plants ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Erica

1. a shrub of the heath family [n -S]

Medical Definition of Erica

1. A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers. Origin: NL, fr. L. Erice heath, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erica

ergotisms
ergotize
ergotized
ergotizes
ergotoxine
ergotropic
ergotropism
ergots
ergs
erhu
erhua
erhus
eriach
eriachs
eric
erica
ericaceous
ericaite
ericas
ericinol
erick
ericks
ericoid
ericolin
erics
ericssonite
eridanus
erigerons
erigible
erinaceous

Literary usage of Erica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1822)
"Andrews's Heaths, Vol. 3. Load. Cab. 46. Erica mutabilis ; foliis ternis ... Erica mutabilis is a beautiful Heath, producing a great number of flowers, ..."

2. The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by William Curtis (1797)
"Erica RETORTA. RECURVED HEATH. Oafs and Order. ... Erica retorta Mont. A fi. holm. ann. 1774. p. 297. /.'7. ... of Erica, without per. ceiving a ..."

3. Companion to the Botanical Magazine by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1835)
"It is not many years since we had the pleasure of announcing the discovery, by our valued friend, JT Mackay, Esq., of the Erica Mediterránea, or, at least, ..."

4. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1802)
"Erica cinerea. Linn. Sp. PI. 50s. Sm. Fl. Brit. 418. Hudf. 165. Wife. 374. Hull. 84. Relb.1$b. ... It is remarkable that no Erica is known in America. ..."

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