GENUS ERICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Erica mean? 

• GENUS ERICA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ERICA has 1 sense:

1. large genus of low much-branched woody evergreens ranging from prostrate subshrubs to trees: true heaths

  Familiarity information: GENUS ERICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ERICA (noun)

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Meaning:

Large genus of low much-branched woody evergreens ranging from prostrate subshrubs to trees: true heaths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Erica" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Erica"):

erica; true heath (any plant of the genus Erica)

Holonyms ("genus Erica" is a member of...):

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)