ericaceous
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ɪˈkeɪ adjective
belonging to the Ericaceae, the heath family of plants.
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| —adj | |
| of, relating to, or belonging to the Ericaceae, a family of trees and shrubs with typically bell-shaped flowers: includes heather, rhododendron, azalea, and arbutus | |
| [C19: from New Latin Erīcāceae, from Latin erīca heath, from Greek ereikē] | |
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