epacrisn.
/ɛˈpakrɪs/ A plant of the genus of Australian evergreen heath-like shrubs so called.
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1805 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 22 844 (heading) Rigid Epacris.
1807 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 25 982 This beautiful Epacris was sent us in blossom.
1841 Florist's Jrnl. (1846) 2 137 A ‘New Subscriber’..wishes to know the reason his Epacrises are losing their foliage.
1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. xi. 77 Special species of Epacris grew there.
1885 H. H. Hayter Carboona 7 Of our tribe she is the flower, Lily, epacris and orchid.
a1963 B. James in Austral. Short Stories (1963) 48 And an Australian garden for..epacris, for mint bush, Geraldton wax and indigofera.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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