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• erica
  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
  Erica

  noun

  a female given name: derived from Eric.

erica

¹ American  

[er-i-kuh] / ˈɛr ɪ kə /

noun

1. any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.

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Erica ² American  

[er-i-kuh] / ˈɛr ɪ kə /

noun

1. a female given name: derived from Eric.

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erica British  

/ ˈɛrɪkə /

noun

1. any shrub of the ericaceous genus Erica, including the heaths and some heathers

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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 )

Example Sentences

But to avoid conflict with Spain they sailed henceforth more to the northern shores of erica, and endeavoured to found colonies there.

From This Country of Ours by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)

In this view, Freemasonry is to us now in the place of the ancient initiations, and the acacia is substituted for the lotus, the erica, the ivy, the mistletoe, and the myrtle.

From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

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 Wyss, Johann David

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 Mackey, Albert G.

Between its leaves also there is an erica, but it is only a faded one.

From Immensee by Storm, Theodor