Translingual

Erica cinerea

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἐρείκη ‎(ereíkē)

Proper noun

Erica f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – the heaths and heathers.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – certain jumping spiders.

Hypernyms

• (genus of heaths etc): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Ericaceae - family; Ericoideae - subfamily; Ericeae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus of heaths etc): Erica subg. Chlamydanthe, Erica subg. Ectasis, Erica subg. Erica, Erica subg. Platystoma, Erica subg. Stellanthe, Erica subg. Syringodea - subgenera

English

Alternative forms

• Erika
• Ericka

Proper noun

Erica

1. A female given name.
   • 1994 Erica Jong: Fear of Fifty: page 140:

     But Erica Mann Jong is, alas, just as patriarchal as Erica Jong. When Thomas Mann's daughter, Erika, was alive, the confusion of names bothered me. My parents had met and admired Thomas Mann. They loved his daughter's name and wished creativity upon me. Erica means white flower in German, and queen in old Scandinavian, but to them, it meant writer.

Translations

Anagrams

• areic
• ceria

German

Proper noun

Erica

1. A female given name, a less common spelling of Erika.

Swedish

Proper noun

Erica

1. A female given name, a less common spelling of Erika.

English

Noun

erica ‎(plural ericas)

1. Any of many heathers, of the genus Erica, used as garden plants

Italian

Noun

erica f ‎(plural eriche)

1. heather

Anagrams

• aceri, carie, cerai, creai, recai

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈriː.ka/, [ɛˈriː.ka]

Noun

erīca f ‎(genitive erīcae); first declension

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