noun
low tufted evergreen shrubs of colder parts of north temperate regions having moss-like foliage and nodding white or pink flowers
• Syn: ↑Cassiope
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ericaceae, ↑family Ericaceae, ↑heath family
• Member Meronyms: ↑white heather, ↑Cassiope mertensiana
Useful english dictionary. 2012.