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noun - an evergreen shrub
ERICOID - The word "ericoid" is used in modern biological terminology for its literal meanings and for extensions. Etymologically the word is derived from two ...
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| 'O!', I cried, entangled with heatherlike leaves |
| Lingy little Spaniard interrupting religious festival |
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| Nov 6 2003 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
| Jan 22 2003 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
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| Of or pertaining to plants of the genus Erica |
| In plant anatomy and ecology "ericoid leaves" are such as occur in many species of Erica, but also in many thousands of species in other families. Typically they are small, often leathery, usually needle-like or scale-like, non-deciduous, and generally adapted to poor soils and arid conditions, such as in fynbos and maquis. |
| Plants of "ericoid habit" generally have ericoid leaves and are slender, scrubby and woody, like many Erica species. |
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The word "ericoid" is used in modern biological terminology for its literal meanings and for extensions. Etymologically the word is derived from two Greek roots via Latin adaptations. Firstly, the Ancient Greek name for plants now known in English as "heather" was "", believed to be Latinised by Pliny as "Erica". Linnaeus, who predominantly wrote in Latin, used Erica as the name of the genus which still is known as such. * However, when Linnaeus named an organism, using a specific epithet that described it as being like some particular thing, he commonly did so by appending the suffix "". That was a contraction of " + ", denoting a likeness of form. In its Latinised form it became: "oides". An example is the entry 9413 Stilbe ericoides according to Wappler's Index Plantarum to Linnaeus' "Species Plantarum". Further derivations emerged at need or convenience, such as "oidea". * Accordingly, ericoid could have more than one meaning and it has been misapplied from time to time in the literatu |