A female given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Erica and Erika.

Of or pertaining to Milton Hyland Erickson (1901–1980), American psychiatrist specializing in medical hypnosis and family therapy.

(biblical) hedgehog

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.

plural of erica

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic reddish black mineral containing barium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing boron, chlorine, iron, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.

(organic chemistry) A colourless oil (quickly becoming brown) with a pleasant odour, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin.

(organic chemistry) A glucoside found in the bearberry (and other ericaceous plants).

A surname originating as a patronymic.