Erica'ceæ, or HEATHS, a large, widely distributed order of corollifloral dicotyledons, chiefly small shrubs, frequently evergreen and social in growth, covering large areas, especially in mountainous regions and on tablelands. See HEATH, RHODODENDRON, AZALEA, ANDROMEDA, ARBUTUS, CRANBERRY, KALMIA, &c.
Erica'ceæ
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 412
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