ERICACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ericaceae mean? 

• ERICACEAE (noun)
  The noun ERICACEAE has 1 sense:

1. heathers

  Familiarity information: ERICACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERICACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Heathers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family

Hypernyms ("Ericaceae" is a kind of...):

Ericales; order Ericales (Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae)

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

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)