Erica vs Ericoid - What's the difference?

erica | ericoid |

As a noun erica

is any of many heathers, of the genus erica , used as garden plants.

As an adjective ericoid is

of or pertaining to plants of the genus erica .

erica

Translingual

Proper noun

Hypernyms

* (genus of heaths etc) (Ericaceae Hypernyms); Ericoideae - subfamily; - tribe

Hyponyms

* (genus of heaths etc) - subgenera

External links

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ericoid

English

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.