noun
creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers
• Syn: ↑mountain azalea, ↑Loiseleuria procumbens
• Member Holonyms: ↑Loiseleuria, ↑genus Loiseleuria
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noun : a low-branching prostrate shrub (Loiseleuria procumbens) of the heath family found in high mountain regions in the northern hemisphere
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a low, branching shrub, Loiseleuria procumbens, of northern regions, having evergreen leaves and clusters of white or pink flowers.
[1930-35]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.