erica

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erica - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Erica \E*ri"ca\, n. [NL., fr. L. erice heath, Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
     A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them
     producing beautiful flowers.
     [1913 Webster]

erica - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  erica
      n 1: any plant of the genus Erica [syn: erica, true heath]