Epacris

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(Bot.) A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.

Noun

1.

epacris - any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers

Australian heath, blunt-leaf heath, common heath, Epacris impressa, Epacris obtusifolia, Epacris purpurascens, genus Epacris, Port Jackson heath