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
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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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Pinkish-lavender erica, or heath, borders the steps leading from Festival Hall to the Avenue of Palms.
From Palaces and Courts of the Exposition by Juliet Helena Lumbard James
Between its leaves also there is an erica, but it is only a faded one.
From Immensee by Theodor Storm
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
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
Isis, arrayed in mourning robes like the wandering Demeter, sought Osiris everywhere lamenting, and found the chest at last in an erica tree that entirely covered it.
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Andrew Lang
I called Erica Walker, an epidemiologist who runs Brown University’s Community Noise Lab, to rant at a polite volume about the speakerphone epidemic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The acknowledgment comes after Reuters reported that Kennedy directed CDC Director Erica Schwartz to remove references to two Pennsylvania deaths from the agency’s national measles count after questioning whether the disease contributed to them.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Education Minister Erica Stanford said the Bill "places legal obligations on platforms".
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Erica Correa, a model, is trying to do something similar in Liverpool.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
At the end of class, Erica calls me a fellow Emily Dickinson fan, but I’m not sure I am, really.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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
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
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