erica
noun
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
erica
1 American
[er-i-kuh]
/ ˈɛr ɪ kə /
noun
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ericas
plural
Erica
2
American
[er-i-kuh]
/ ˈɛr ɪ kə /
noun
erica
British
/ ˈɛrɪkə /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of erica
1820–30; < New Latin Erica, Latin < Greek ereíkē heath (plant), akin to Old Irish froech, Russian véres ( k )
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My learned botanist thought it must be an erica, or heath, and wished to ascertain the fact.
From The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island by Johann David Wyss
Two or three varieties of blue erica, tiny heaths, and epacris were also very pretty.
From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by R. T. (Robert Taylor) Pritchett
Between its leaves also there is an erica, but it is only a faded one.
From Immensee by Theodor Storm
Isis found the body of Osiris in the neighborhood of Biblos, and near a tall plant called the erica.
From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Albert G. Mackey
A great group on the north of erica, epacris, and cryptomeria.
From Palaces and Courts of the Exposition by Juliet Helena Lumbard James
Late last week, Bogen sent a letter to CDC Director Erica Schwartz requesting that the state’s deaths be counted and demanding answers on how the agency is tracking measles fatalities.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
London City's Freya Godfrey, 21, and talented 18-year-old Erica Meg Parkinson also got their first caps as Wiegman scrutinised her options.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
"Colorectal cancer is, unfortunately, becoming more common in adolescents and young adults and represents a different disease than colorectal cancer diagnosed in older adults," said study author and pediatric surgery research fellow Erica Arnold, MD.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Like Erica, I was not even thinking about dating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Did Erica say she’d call me? Or did she want me to call her?”
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
I entreat you to have her grave carefully attended to, and to keep it strewn with her favorite flowers, ericas and pinks.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach
Our route lay over a sort of moorland, sprinkled with rare ericas such as we carefully preserve in greenhouses at home.
From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by R. T. (Robert Taylor) Pritchett
Forests of laurel, rhamnus, and arbutus, divide the ericas from the rising grounds planted with vines and fruit trees.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Thomasina Ross
He tore up a whole bunch of ericas, and gave them into the hand of the dying man, who gazed at him with eyes almost starting out of his head.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach
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