ˌepəkrə̇ˈdāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Epacrid-, Epacris, type genus + -aceae
: a large family of Australasian heathlike shrubs, small trees, and woody vines (order Ericales) having flowers with usually five stamens adnate to the corolla tube and the ovary surrounded by a hypogynous disk or five free scales
• ep·a·cri·da·ceous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|dāshəs adjective