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ericoid

ericoid adjective: of plant leaves, small, often leathery, usually needle-like or scale-like, non-deciduous, and generally adapted to poor soils and arid conditions, such as in fynbos and maquis.

Adjective

ericoid (not comparable)

  1. Of plant leaves, small, often leathery, usually needle-like or scale-like, non-deciduous, and generally adapted to poor soils and arid conditions, such as in fynbos and maquis.
  2. Of plant habit, having ericoid leaves, slender, scrubby and woody, like many Erica species.

Noun

ericoid (plural ericoids)

  1. A plant of this kind.

Forms of ericoid

pluralericoids

Origin of ericoid

From Erica + -oid.

Questions about ericoid

What does ericoid mean?
Ericoid means of plant leaves, small, often leathery, usually needle-like or scale-like, non-deciduous, and generally adapted to poor soils and arid conditions, such as in fynbos and maquis.
What part of speech is ericoid?
Ericoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near ericoid in the dictionary

  1. Ericksen
  2. Ericksens
  3. Erickson
  4. Ericksonian
  5. ericlaxmanite
  6. ericoid
  7. ericoids
  8. ericolin
  9. erics
  10. Ericsdotter
  11. Ericson

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