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Epigaea

noun

small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus

• Syn: ↑genus Epigaea

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ericaceae, ↑family Ericaceae, ↑heath family

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\\ˌepəˈjēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek epigaios upon the earth, from epi- + -gaios (from gaia earth)

: a genus of half-evergreen creeping or trailing woody plants (family Ericaceae) with white or rose-colored flowers in small axillary and terminal clusters — see arbutus 3

Useful english dictionary. 2012.