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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Any plant of the genus Passerina.
  • noun A South African species of heath, Erica Passerinœ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica (E. passerina).

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  • noun botany An evergreen shrub, Erica passerina.

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sparrow +‎ wort

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