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.
ericas
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pluralof erica.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
