n. [ From Arica, in Chile. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Ir. eiric. ] (Old Irish Law) A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. erice heath, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Belonging to the Heath family, or resembling plants of that family; consisting of heats. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. an order including the Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; and Monotropaceae.
Syn. -- order Ericales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL. ericaceae the Heath family + L. oleum oil. ] (Chem.) A colorless oil (quickly becoming brown), with a pleasant odor, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., a hedgehog. ] The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qipōd, which in the “Authorized Version” is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will make it [ Babylon ] a possession for the ericius and pools of waters. Is. xiv. 23 (Douay version). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceæ), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass. [ 1913 Webster ]