noun
evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania
• Syn: ↑genus Richea
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Epacridaceae, ↑family Epacridaceae, ↑epacris family
• Member Meronyms: ↑Australian grass tree, ↑Richea dracophylla, ↑tree heath, ↑grass tree, ↑Richea pandanifolia
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\\ˈrishēə\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus of chiefly Tasmanian and usually evergreen shrubs or trees (family Epacridaceae) with elongated sheathing leaves often in terminal tufts that resemble those of the ti
Useful english dictionary. 2012.