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ERICACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heathers
Synonyms:
Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ericaceae" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Ericales; order Ericales (Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae)
Meronyms (members of "Ericaceae"):
genus Vaccinium; Vaccinium (evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries)
genus Rhododendron (large genus of evergreen shrubs native to cooler regions of the northern hemisphere having showy flowers)
genus Pieris; Pieris (decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines)
genus Phyllodoce; Phyllodoce (small genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubs)
genus Oxydendrum; Oxydendrum (sourwood)
genus Menziesia; Menziesia (deciduous shrubs of North America and eastern Asia)
genus Lyonia; Lyonia (evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya)
genus Loiseleuria; Loiseleuria (one species: alpine azalea)
genus Leucothoe (American and Asiatic deciduous and evergreen shrubs)
genus Leiophyllum; Leiophyllum (one species: sand myrtle)
genus Ledum; Ledum (evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions)
genus Kalmia (erect evergreen shrubs: mountain laurel)
Gaylussacia; genus Gaylussacia (deciduous or evergreen shrubs of North America: black huckleberries)
Gaultheria; genus Gaultheria (widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs)
Epigaea; genus Epigaea (small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus)
Daboecia; genus Daboecia (a dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae)
Chamaedaphne; genus Chamaedaphne (one species: leatherleaf)
Cassiope; genus Cassiope (low tufted evergreen shrubs of colder parts of north temperate regions having moss-like foliage and nodding white or pink flowers)
Calluna; genus Calluna (one species)
genus Bryanthus (a genus allied to and once included in genus Phyllodoce)
Bruckenthalia; genus Bruckenthalia (a genus containing only one species: spike heath)
Arctostaphylos; genus Arctostaphylos (bearberry; manzanita)
genus Arbutus (large evergreen shrubs and trees of southern Europe and western North America: strawberry tree; madrona)
genus Andromeda (low-growing shrubs of northern regions of northern hemisphere)
genus Erica (large genus of low much-branched woody evergreens ranging from prostrate subshrubs to trees: true heaths)
heath (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)
