ericaceous


ericaceous

(ˌɛrɪˈkeɪʃəs) adj (Plants) of, relating to, or belonging to the Ericaceae, a family of trees and shrubs with typically bell-shaped flowers: includes heather, rhododendron, azalea, and arbutus[C19: from New Latin Erīcāceae, from Latin erīca heath, from Greek ereikē]