Empetrum
noun
Em·pe·trum
ˈempə‧trəm
: a genus (the type of the family Empetraceae) of low shrubs having flowers scattered and solitary or few in the axils see crowberry
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek empetron, neuter of empetros growing on rock, from em- en- entry 2 + -petros (from petra rock)