erica
English Thesaurus
1. any plant of the genus Erica (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | heath, |
| definition | : | a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | briar, brier, erica arborea, tree heath, |
| definition | : | evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | erica carnea, spring heath, winter heath, |
| definition | : | dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bell heather, erica cinerea, fine-leaved heath, heather bell, |
| definition | : | common low European shrub with purple-red flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bell heather, cross-leaved heath, erica tetralix, |
| definition | : | dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cornish heath, erica vagans, |
| definition | : | bushy shrub having pink to white flowers; common on the moors of Cornwall and in southwestern Europe; cultivated elsewhere (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | erica lusitanica, portuguese heath, spanish heath, |
| definition | : | erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in southwestern England (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | erica perspicua, prince of wales heath, prince-of-wales'-heath, |
| definition | : | South African shrub grown for its profusion of white flowers (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus erica, |
| definition | : | large genus of low much-branched woody evergreens ranging from prostrate subshrubs to trees: true heaths (noun.plant) |
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