ERICA ARBOREA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes

Synonyms:

briar; brier; Erica arborea; tree heath

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Erica arborea" is a kind of...):

erica; true heath (any plant of the genus Erica)

Meronyms (parts of "Erica arborea"):

briarroot (hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea)