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Definition of erica in English English dictionary: A female given name
But Erica Mann Jong is, alas, just as patriarchal as Erica Jong. When Thomas Mann's daughter, Erika, was alive, the confusion of names bothered me. My parents had met and admired Thomas Mann. They loved his daughter's name and wished creativity upon me. Erica means white flower in German, and queen in old Scandinavian, but to them, it meant writer.; Any of many heathers, of the genus Erica, used as garden plants; feminine form of Eric; also associated with the flower genus; any plant of the genus Erica; A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers; {i} plant of a large group that includes the heathers (Botany); Any of the approximately 500 species of low evergreen shrubs that make up the genus Erica, in the heath family, most native to South Africa. Some also occur in the Mediterranean and in northern Europe, and species have been introduced to North America. They have small, narrow leaves arranged in whorls set closely together on the shoots. Some African species are large bushes or trees. The white, or tree, heath (E. arborea) is also known as brier. Some southern African species are cultivated in cool greenhouses and outdoors in southwestern North America
genus erica: large genus of low much-branched woody evergreens ranging from prostrate subshrubs to trees: true heaths

erica

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E·ri·ca

erîkı

/ˈerəkə/ /ˈɛrɪkə/

() Feminine form of Eric, ultimately from Old Norse. The name has also been associated with the flower genus.

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