Epigaea \Ep`i*g[ae]"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + ? earth.]
(Bot.)
An American genus of plants, containing but a single species
({E. repens}), the trailing arbutus.
Epigaea
n : small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus [syn: {genus
Epigaea}]