a. Bot. [f. mod.L. erīcine-æ a synonym of erīcāce-æ), f. erīca, on analogy of grāmineæ, etc.] = ERICACEOUS.
1852. Th. Ross, trans. Humboldt’s Trav., I. xiii. 425. The shrubs of the family of the ericineous plants … do not find the cold climate which is necessary for their development.
