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

Of or relating to the thought and theories of Erik Erikson (1902–1994), a Danish-German-American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on social development of human beings and for the phrase identity crisis.

Alternative form of Eridanus

(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.

(obsolete) Capable of being erected.

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

A particular anticancer drug, a synthetic macrocyclic analogue of halichondrin B.