'Erica Tetralix' definitions:
Definition of 'Erica tetralix'
(from WordNet)
noun
Dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers [syn: cross-leaved heath, bell heather, Erica tetralix]
Definition of 'Erica Tetralix'
From: GCIDE
- Heather \Heath"er\ (h[e^][th]"[~e]r; 277. This is the only pronunciation in Scotland), n. [See Heath.] Heath. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
- Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass, The brighter seem. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- Heather bell (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and Erica cinerea). [1913 Webster]