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Phyllodoce

noun

small genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubs

• Syn: ↑genus Phyllodoce

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ericaceae, ↑family Ericaceae, ↑heath family

• Member Meronyms: ↑mountain heath, ↑Phyllodoce caerulea, ↑Bryanthus taxifolius, ↑purple heather, ↑Brewer's mountain heather, ↑Phyllodoce breweri

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\\fə̇ˈlädəˌsē\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Phyllodoce, one of the Nereids

1. : a small genus of arctic and alpine shrubs (family Ericaceae) with linear evergreen leaves and nodding umbellate flowers having an ovoid pink, blue, or purple corolla — see mountain heath

2. : a genus of polychaete worms that is the type of the family Phyllodocidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.