ericoid

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adjective

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.

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Meanings

adjectiveericoid (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to plants of the genus Erica.
    1. not comparableOf 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.
    2. not comparableOf plant habit, having ericoid leaves, slender, scrubby and woody, like many Erica species.
nounericoid (plural ericoids)

plural ericoids

  1. A plant of this kind.

Origin

From Erica + -oid.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

cerioid
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APA

ericoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ericoid

MLA

“ericoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ericoid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ericoid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ericoid.

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