ericoid
Meanings
adj
- Of or pertaining to plants of the genus Erica.
- Of plant leaves, small, often leathery, usually needle-like or scale-like, non-deciduous, and generally adapted to poor soils and arid conditions, such as in fynbos and maquis.
- Of plant habit, having ericoid leaves, slender, scrubby and woody, like many Erica species.
noun
- A plant of this kind.
Word forms
Etymology
From Erica + -oid.
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