ericetal,a.Bot.|ɛrɪˈsiːtəl| [as if f. L. *erīcēt-um place where heaths grow (f.erīca heath) + -al1.] Of the type characteristic of heathy regions; moorland. 1876G. W. Latham in Encycl.Brit. V. 589 The botany of the high-lands east of Macclesfield is nearly ericetal in its nature.