'Epacris' definitions:
Definition of 'epacris'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers
Definition of 'Epacris'
From: GCIDE
- Epacris \Ep"a*cris\ ([e^]p"[.a]*kr[i^]s), n. [NL., from Gr. 'e`pakros pointed at the end. So called in allusion to the sharply pointed leaves.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths. [1913 Webster]