Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Erica \E*ri"ca\, n. [NL., fr. L. erice heath, Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
   A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them
   producing beautiful flowers.

Source : WordNet®

erica
     n : any plant of the genus Erica [syn: {true heath}]