Ericaceous

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  • adj. Acid-loving, thriving in acidic conditions.
  • adj. acidic, acid-based
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the heath family (Ericaceae)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Belonging to the Heath family, or resembling plants of that family; consisting of heats.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to heath or to the Ericaceæ; resembling or consisting of heaths.
    • Word Usage
    "Heath balds represent the xeric extreme at higher elevations and are dominated by ericaceous shrubs such as Rhododenron catawbiense, R. minus, Kalmia latifolia and Leiophyllum buxfolium."
     
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