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Epacris

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Ep´a`cris    (ĕp´å`krĭs)
n.1.(Bot.) A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.
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Noun1.Epacris - any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowersepacris - any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers
Australian heath - any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae; most are of the Australian region
genus Epacris - type genus of the Epacridaceae: Australian heath
Epacris impressa, common heath - spindly upright shrub of southern Australia and Tasmania having white to rose or purple-red flowers
blunt-leaf heath, common heath, Epacris obtusifolia - small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers
Epacris purpurascens, Port Jackson heath - small shrub of southern and western Australia having pinkish to rosy purple tubular flowers
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