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    FAMILY ERICACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Heathersplay

    Synonyms:

    Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("family 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 "family 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)

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