marsh andromeda

marsh andromeda

n

(Plants) a low-growing pink-flowered ericaceous evergreen shrub, Andromeda polifolia, that grows in peaty bogs of northern regions. Also called: moorwort or bog rosemary

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marsh andromeda - erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of sphagnum peat bogs and other wet acidic areas in northern Europe Andromeda polifolia, common bog rosemary andromeda - any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers

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