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

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any of the genus (taxlink Epacris genus noshow=1) of shrubs.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Epacris is a genus of about 35–40 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae . It was formerly treated in a closely related but separate family Epacridaceae, but the various genera within Epacridaceae including Epacris have been revised in their ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Epacris \Ep"a*cris\ ([e^]p"[.a]*kr[i^]s), n. [NL., from Gr. 'e`pakros pointed at the end. So called in allusion to the sharply pointed leaves.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers