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Definition of Epacris
1. Noun. Any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers.
Group relationships: Genus Epacris
Specialized synonyms: Common Heath, Epacris Impressa, Blunt-leaf Heath, Common Heath, Epacris Obtusifolia, Epacris Purpurascens, Port Jackson Heath
Definition of Epacris
1. n. A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.
Definition of Epacris
1. Noun. (botany) Any of the genus ''Epacris'' of shrubs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epacris
1. an Australian plant resembling heath [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Epacris
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Epacris
Literary usage of Epacris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1848)
"... flowering hybrid epacris was raised a few years ago by Mr. Ball, Nurseryman,
of Taunton, betwixt, as we believe, E. grandiflora and E. impressa. ..."
2. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1805)
"С ] epacris PUNGENS. RIGID epacris. ... epacris pungens. Cavan. Icon. v. 4. p.
26. /. 346. ... character of epacris grandiflora in ..."
3. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1833)
"Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. epacris nivalis ; foliis ... epacris nivalis.
Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1821. Bot. Reg. t. 1531. DESCR. ..."
4. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Genus epacris epacris (Greek, cpi, upon, and akris, tlie summit of a mountain).
A genus of about twenty-six species of erect, greenhouse shrubs, ..."
5. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine by Joseph Harrison (1851)
"epacris AI/BIDA COMPACTA.—The flowers are pure white, bell- shaped, an inch long.
A very handsome variety, and deserves to be in every greenhouse. ..."
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