erica

From the genus name.

erica (plural ericas)

1. Any of many heathers, of the genus Erica, used as garden plants
   • 1840, John Claudius Loudon, The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement:

     I have now arrived at the third year since the ericas were seedlings and cuttings; and, as much can be said in this stage of their growth applicable to future years, it is my intention to do so.

• Ciera, areic, ceria

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ri.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛrika
• Hyphenation: è‧ri‧ca

erica f (plural eriche)

1. heather

• -icare, aceri, carie, cerai, creai, irace, recai

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈriː.ka/, [ɛˈriːkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈri.ka/, [eˈriːkä]

erīca f (genitive erīcae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of erīcē ("heath, heather")

First-declension noun.