Definition of Erica carnea

1. Noun. Dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers.

Exact synonyms: Spring Heath, Winter Heath
Generic synonyms: Erica, True Heath

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erica Carnea

Erevan
Erewan
Erewhon
Erewhonian
Erewhonians
Erfurt
Ergotrate Maleate
Erianthus
Erianthus ravennae
Eric
Eric Arthur Blair
Eric Blair
Erica
Erica Jong
Erica arborea
Erica carnea (current term)
Erica cinerea
Erica lusitanica
Erica perspicua
Erica tetralix
Erica vagans
Ericaceae
Ericales
Erich Mendelsohn
Erich von Stroheim
Erichsen
Erichsen's sign
Erick
Ericka
Ericksonian

Literary usage of Erica carnea

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

1. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1876)
"4, Erica carnea. Fig. 110. 6, A dwarf white-flowered Heath, same size at No. 4. All the ringe are formed of No. 1, and the centres alternate, 2 and 3, ..."

2. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by Esther Baldwin York (1906)
"R. Veitch and Son, Exeter, showed Erica carnea, ... The Misses Hopkins, Mere, Cheshire, showed Primrose», Anemone», Erica carnea, ..."

3. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"1 Erica carnea; branch with flowers on one aide only. ~ Flower of the same in ita first stage. ' The same flower In ita lasi stage. * Single stamen of Erica ..."

4. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1845)
"... Anthemis austriaca among the corn of the valley ; Gypsophila saxifraga, on dry banks; Erica carnea in the woods; the only Erica here. ..."

5. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1896)
"On the other hand, with Erica carnea, which is one of the earliest spring-blooming shrubs, it is only necessary to allow about ten days at this season in ..."

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