» erica
Noun (1 meaning)
1. any plant of the genus Erica.
erica is a type of:
- heath (noun) - a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae
types of erica:
- Cornish heath, Erica vagans (noun) - bushy shrub having pink to white flowers
- Prince-of-Wales'-heath, Prince of Wales heath, Erica perspicua (noun) - South African shrub grown for its profusion of white flowers
- Spanish heath, Portuguese heath, Erica lusitanica (noun) - erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers
- bell heather, heather bell, fine-leaved heath, Erica cinerea (noun) - common low European shrub with purple-red flowers
- cross-leaved heath, bell heather, Erica tetralix (noun) - dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers
- tree heath, briar, brier, Erica arborea (noun) - evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
- winter heath, spring heath, Erica carnea (noun) - dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers
erica is a member of:
- genus Erica (noun) - large genus of low much-branched woody evergreens ranging from prostrate subshrubs to trees: true heaths