Definition of erica

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Erica (n.) A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers..

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Orb :: Orb (n.) A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star..
Turtlehead :: Turtlehead (n.) An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony..
Guitguit :: Guitguit (n.) One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family Coerebidae, allied to the creepers; -- called also quit. See Quit..
Pemmican :: Pemmican (n.) Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun..
Mallotus :: Mallotus (n.) A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod..
Houndfish :: Houndfish (n.) Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (G. canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish..
Gromwell :: Gromwell (n.) A plant of the genus Lithospermum (L. arvense), anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel. The German gromwell is the Stellera..
Hognosesnake :: Hognosesnake () A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. H. platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sand viper..
Wolfberry :: Wolfberry (n.) An American shrub (Symphoricarpus occidentalis) which bears soft white berries.
Maize :: Maize (n.) A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals..
Maguey :: Maguey (n.) The century plant, a species of Agave (A. Americana). See Agave..
Dittany :: Dittany (n.) In America, the Cunila Mariana, a fragrant herb of the Mint family..
Brand Goose :: Brand goose () A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant.
Cacajao :: Cacajao (n.) A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (/ Brachyurus) melanocephala).
Screamer :: Screamer (n.) Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family Anhimidae, and the suborder Palamedeae. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta..
Phlox :: Phlox (n.) A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers..
Palmerworm :: Palmerworm (n.) In America, the larva of any one of several moths, which destroys the foliage of fruit and forest trees, esp. the larva of Ypsolophus pometellus, which sometimes appears in vast numbers..
Agouty :: Agouty (n.) A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti..
Cazic :: Cazic (n.) A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America.
Dependency :: Dependency (n.) A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America..
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