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Definition of Erica
1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Erica.
Generic synonyms: Heath
Group relationships: Genus Erica
Specialized synonyms: Briar, Brier, Erica Arborea, Tree Heath, Erica Carnea, Spring Heath, Winter Heath, Bell Heather, Erica Cinerea, Fine-leaved Heath, Heather Bell, Bell Heather, Cross-leaved Heath, Erica Tetralix, Cornish Heath, Erica Vagans, Erica Lusitanica, Portuguese Heath, Spanish Heath, Erica Perspicua, Prince Of Wales Heath, Prince-of-wales'-heath
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Erica
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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