-ēˌän noun
Etymology: New Latin, from erio- + Greek diktyon net, from dikein to throw; from the woolly netlike leaves
1. capitalized : a small genus of resinous shrubs (family Hydrophyllaceae) of southwestern No. America having finely reticulated leaves often woolly beneath and white or bluish flowers in scorpioid cymes — see yerba santa
2. -s : any plant of the genus Eriodictyon