erica lusitanica

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   erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in southwestern England

   SynonymsSpanish heathPortuguese heath

   Broadererica

Questions about erica lusitanica

What does erica lusitanica mean?

erica lusitanica means "erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in southwestern England".

What is another word for erica lusitanica?

Close synonyms include Spanish heath, Portuguese heath. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is erica lusitanica a common word?

erica lusitanica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.