epacris

Definitions 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
   types:

   Epacris impressa, common heath

   spindly upright shrub of southern Australia and Tasmania having white to rose or purple-red flowers

   Epacris obtusifolia, blunt-leaf heath, common heath

   small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers

   Epacris purpurascens, Port Jackson heath

   small shrub of southern and western Australia having pinkish to rosy purple tubular flowers

   type of:

   Australian heath

   any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae; most are of the Australian region