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epacrid Bot.|ɛˈpækrɪd|
[ad. mod.L. epacrid-em, f. Gr. ἐπί + ἄκρις summit; so called by Forster (1776) because ‘the plants of this genus are generally found on mountain tops’ (Forster, Characteres Generum Plant. 10). In sense b, f. mod.L. Epacrid-eæ.]
a. A plant of the genus Epacris.
b. A plant of the family Epacrideæ, of which this is the typical genus; the order consists of corollifloral dicotyledons, growing in Australia and the Indian Archipelago, which resemble the heaths of other countries.
1881Blackmore Christowell i, Choice geraniums lived here, and roses, heaths and epacrids. |