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Webster 1913 Edition
Epacris
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Ep′a-cris
(ĕp′ȧ-krĭs)
, Noun.
[NL., from Gr.
ἔπακροσ
pointed at the end. So called in allusion to the sharply pointed leaves.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.