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erica

(ˈɛrɪkə)

(Plants) any shrub of the ericaceous genus Erica, including the heaths and some heathers

[C19: via Latin from Greek ereikē heath]

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er•i•ca

(ˈɛr ɪ kə)

n., pl. -cas.

any low-growing evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.

[1820–30; < New Latin Erica, Latin < Greek ereíkē heath (plant), akin to Old Irish froech, Russian véres(k)]

er`i•ca′ceous (-ˈkeɪ ʃəs) adj.

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erica - any plant of the genus Erica

true heath

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

genus Erica - large genus of low much-branched woody evergreens ranging from prostrate subshrubs to trees: true heaths

Erica arborea, tree heath, briar, brier - 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, fine-leaved heath, heather bell, bell heather - common low European shrub with purple-red flowers

bell heather, cross-leaved heath, Erica tetralix - 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

Translations

erica

n (Bot) → Erika f, → Heidekraut nt

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We overcossed Keewatin liners, small and cramped; but their captains, who see no land between Trepassy and Lanco, know what gold they bring back from West Erica. Trans-Asiatic Directs we met, soberly ringing the world round the Fiftieth Meridian at an honest seventy knots; and white-painted Ackroyd & Hunt fruiters out of the south fled beneath us, their ventilated hulls whistling like Chinese kites.

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She said: "There are thousands of Ericas out there.

WHEN May Miles Thomas cleared out her mother-in-law Erica's house, she learned more about her husband's family than she really wanted to know.

MOTHER-IN-LAW'S STASH IN THE ATTIC INSPIRED ME TO TELL HER LIFE STORY; RELATIONSHIPS & FAMILY; How film-maker May turned a treasure trove of Erica's mementos into a biography which is being screened at Glasgow Film Festival

An examination of some Ericas collected by the Scottish Alpine Botanical Club in Connemara during 1890.

The parents are clear as no characters that could resemble other Erica species are found.

Dos hibridos de Erica L. (Ericaceae) del noroeste de Espana

ERICAS EQUITY raised the Wimbledon roof with a simply sensational performance to clinch a deserved second William Hill TV Trophy over 872 metres at Wimbledon last night, writes Richard Birch.

Stone-last at the sixth bend, Ericas Equity kicked in the turbo as Foreign Dancer and Flashing Tone finally cracked up front, and, although Ballyneale Best momentarily looked a possible winner when leading off the last, Paul Young's super-bitch was ready to pounce.

Greyhounds: Ericas Equity the TV Trophy queen

A year ago Ericas Equity was virtually unbackable when winning the Ted Hegarty Marathon final at Harold's Cross.

Now trained by Ian Reilly, Ericas Equity finished an eight-length second to the impressive Rudys Lady last week and has a tough task from a trap six draw tonight.

Greyhounds: Tough test for Ericas

TV TROPHY winner Ericas Equity tonight makes her first competitive appearance at home track Romford since June when running in the pounds 1,000 Ryan Group Marathon over 925m (10.24pm), but those punters intending to take the 8-1 offered by Coral that she breaks the track record may care first to consider the statistics, writes Jonathan Kay.

"Not putting the pressure on or anything then!" joked Ericas Equity's trainer Paul Young when told of the historical shock results yesterday.

It's 8-1 Ericas to take Romford's `timeless' clock

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