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单词 epacrid
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epacridn.

/ɛˈpakrɪd/
Etymology: < modern Latin epacrid-em, < Greek ἐπί + ἄκρις summit; so called by Forster (1776) because ‘the plants of this genus are generally found on mountain tops’ (Forster, Characteres Generum Plant. 10). In sense b, < modern Latin Epacrideae.
Botany.
a. A plant of the genus Epacris.
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1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) i Choice geraniums lived here, and roses, heaths and epacrids.
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b. A plant of the family Epacrideæ, of which this is the typical genus; the order consists of corollifloral dicotyledons, growing in Australia and the Indian Archipelago, which resemble the heaths of other countries.
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