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erica

er.i.ca \'er-i-k*\ \.er-*-'ka--sh*s\ n [NL, genus name, fr. L erice 
   heather, fr. Gk ereice] : any of a large genus of the heath family of low 
   much-branched evergreen  shrubs - er.i.ca.ceous aj