ericoid

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Meaning

1. adjective Of or pertaining to plants of the genus Erica. Of plant leaves, small, often leathery, usually needle-like or scale-like, non-deciduous, and generally adapted to poor soils and arid conditions, such as in fynbos and maquis. Of plant habit, having ericoid leaves, slender, scrubby and woody, like many Erica species.
2. adjective Of plant leaves, small, often leathery, usually needle-like or scale-like, non-deciduous, and generally adapted to poor soils and arid conditions, such as in fynbos and maquis.
3. adjective Of plant habit, having ericoid leaves, slender, scrubby and woody, like many Erica species.
4. noun A plant of this kind.

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