Definition of Erica lusitanica

1. Noun. Erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in southwestern England.

Exact synonyms: Portuguese Heath, Spanish Heath
Generic synonyms: Erica, True Heath

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erica Lusitanica

Erewhon
Erewhonian
Erewhonians
Erfurt
Ergotrate Maleate
Erianthus
Erianthus ravennae
Eric
Eric Arthur Blair
Eric Blair
Erica
Erica Jong
Erica arborea
Erica carnea
Erica cinerea
Erica lusitanica (current term)
Erica perspicua
Erica tetralix
Erica vagans
Ericaceae
Ericales
Erich Mendelsohn
Erich von Stroheim
Erichsen
Erichsen's sign
Erick
Ericka
Ericksonian
Eridanus
Eridian

Literary usage of Erica lusitanica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by Esther Baldwin York (1906)
"And it is among the Heaths that we find the two most ornamental shrubs flowering now. They are Erica lusitanica (or ..."

2. Botanisches Zentralblatt: Referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik by Botanischer Verein in München, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Berlin (1905)
"Vol. I. Nos. 5—7. May-July, London 1905. Tab. 8017: — Nepenthes Rajah Hook. f. — Borneo; tab. 8018: — Erica lusitanica Rudolph — W ester n Europe; tab. ..."

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