ERICACEOUS


Meaning of ERICACEOUS in English

/ ˌerɪˈkeɪʃəs; NAmE / adjective

( technical ) relating to plants of the heather family

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin Ericaceae (plural), from the genus name Erica , from Greek ereikē .

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