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Epigaea
(gcide) | Epigaea \Ep`i*g[ae]"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + ? earth.]
(Bot.)
An American genus of plants, containing but a single species
(E. repens), the trailing arbutus.
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epigaea
(wn) | Epigaea
n 1: small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus [syn:
Epigaea, genus Epigaea] |
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Epigaea repens
(gcide) | Arbutus \Ar"bu*tus\, Arbute \Ar"bute\, n. [L. arbutus, akin to
arbor tree.]
The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the
Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the
strawberry; the arbute tree.
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Trailing arbutus (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of
the Heath family (Epig[ae]a repens), having white or
usually rose-colored flowers with a delicate fragrance,
growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in
the spring; in New England known as mayflower; -- called
also ground laurel. --Gray.
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epigaea
(wn) | Epigaea
n 1: small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus [syn:
Epigaea, genus Epigaea] |
epigaea repens
(wn) | Epigaea repens
n 1: low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with
leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white
flowers [syn: trailing arbutus, mayflower, {Epigaea
repens}] |
genus epigaea
(wn) | genus Epigaea
n 1: small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus [syn:
Epigaea, genus Epigaea] |
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