erica

/ˈɛrəkə/

/ˈɛrɪkə/

Other forms: ericas

Definitions of erica

1. noun

   any plant of the genus Erica
   synonyms: true heath

   types:

   Erica arborea, briar, brier, tree heath

   evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes

   Erica carnea, spring heath, winter heath

   dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers

   Erica cinerea, bell heather, fine-leaved heath, heather bell

   common low European shrub with purple-red flowers

   Erica tetralix, bell heather, cross-leaved heath

   dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers

   Cornish heath, Erica vagans

   bushy shrub having pink to white flowers; common on the moors of Cornwall and in southwestern Europe; cultivated elsewhere

   Erica lusitanica, Portuguese heath, Spanish heath

   erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in southwestern England

   Erica perspicua, Prince of Wales heath, Prince-of-Wales'-heath

   South African shrub grown for its profusion of white flowers

   type of:

   heath

   a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers