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Definition of Erica arborea
1. Noun. Evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Erica Arborea
Literary usage of Erica arborea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London (1857)
"The prevalence of the erica arborea is one of the most striking ... A similar
and most luxuriant shrubbery of erica arborea and Myrica Faya is crossed ..."
2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1855)
"erica arborea, killed, 10 feet high. For the sake of comparison, it may be
interesting to insert here the following report by the late Mr Templeton of ..."
3. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1803)
"On the Serra of Madeira, latitude 32*, 38', and elevated 5162 feet, is found the
erica arborea, of the neighbourhood of Genoa, latitude 44*, •!:>'. ..."
4. The Microscopy of Technical Products by Thomas Franz Hanausek (1907)
"erica arborea L., Brier Wood (corruption of Bruyere). Spain, South Africa, and
Corsica.—Wood of root brick-red, gradually becoming brown- red, in large part ..."
5. The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1802)
"On the Serra of Madeira, latitude 32°, 38', and elevated 5162 feet, is found the
erica arborea, of the neighbourhood of Genoa, latitude 44°, 25'*, ..."
6. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1855)
"erica arborea, killed, 10 feet high. For the sake of comparison, it may be
interesting to insert here the following report by the late Mr Templeton of ..."
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