Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of ericaceous plants of the tribe Rhodoreæ, characterized by a campanulate corolla, on which the five stamens are inserted, and by having the leaves opposite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A genus of plants having only one species, the alpine azalea.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one species: alpine azalea
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Black spruce and dwarf larch Larix larieina scrub colonises exposed moraines, giving way to an ericaceous shrub formation in the more exposed and unstable areas with alpine bearberry Anctostaphylos alpina, alpine azalea Loiseleuria procumbens and diapensia.
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