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heath family
n.
A large family of usually woody plants, the Ericaceae, characterized by simple leaves, radially symmetrical flowers with petals often united at the base and developing into berries or capsules, and including azalea, rhododendron, blueberry, cranberry, and heather.
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heath′ fam`ily
n.
a plant family, Ericaceae, of mostly low shrubs growing in acid soil and having simple narrow leaves, four-petaled bell-shaped flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule.
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| Noun | 1. |  heath family - heathers dilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs Ericales, order Ericales - Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae heath - a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers genus Erica - large genus of low much-branched woody evergreens ranging from prostrate subshrubs to trees: true heaths genus Andromeda - low-growing shrubs of northern regions of northern hemisphere genus Arbutus - large evergreen shrubs and trees of southern Europe and western North America: strawberry tree; madrona Arctostaphylos, genus Arctostaphylos - bearberry; manzanita Bruckenthalia, genus Bruckenthalia - a genus containing only one species: spike heath genus Bryanthus - a genus allied to and once included in genus Phyllodoce Calluna, genus Calluna - one species Cassiope, genus Cassiope - low tufted evergreen shrubs of colder parts of north temperate regions having moss-like foliage and nodding white or pink flowers Chamaedaphne, genus Chamaedaphne - one species: leatherleaf Daboecia, genus Daboecia - a dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae Epigaea, genus Epigaea - small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus Gaultheria, genus Gaultheria - widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs Gaylussacia, genus Gaylussacia - deciduous or evergreen shrubs of North America: black huckleberries genus Kalmia - erect evergreen shrubs: mountain laurel genus Ledum, Ledum - evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions genus Leiophyllum, Leiophyllum - one species: sand myrtle genus Leucothoe - American and Asiatic deciduous and evergreen shrubs genus Loiseleuria, Loiseleuria - one species: alpine azalea genus Lyonia, Lyonia - evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya genus Menziesia, Menziesia - deciduous shrubs of North America and eastern Asia genus Oxydendrum, Oxydendrum - sourwood genus Phyllodoce, Phyllodoce - small genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubs genus Pieris, Pieris - decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines genus Rhododendron - large genus of evergreen shrubs native to cooler regions of the northern hemisphere having showy flowers genus Vaccinium, Vaccinium - evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries |
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