genus Phyllodoce

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1.genus Phyllodoce - small genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubsPhyllodocedilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsEricaceae, family Ericaceae, heath family - heathersBryanthus taxifolius, mountain heath, Phyllodoce caerulea - small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United StatesBrewer's mountain heather, Phyllodoce breweri, purple heather - semi-prostrate evergreen herb of western United States