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Definition of Epigaea repens

Epigaea repens
Arbutus Ar"bu*tus, Arbute Ar"bute, n. [L. arbutus, akin to arbor tree.] The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree. Trailing arbutus (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of the Heath family (Epig[ae]a repens), having white or usually rose-colored flowers with a delicate fragrance, growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in the spring; in New England known as mayflower; -- called also ground laurel. --Gray.

Meaning of Epigaea repens from wikipedia

- Epigaea repens, the mayflower, trailing arbutus, or ground laurel, is a low, spreading shrub in the family Ericaceae. It is found from Newfoundland to...
- three species: Epigaea repens is listed as an endangered species in some U.S. states. The name Mayflower was in tradition given to E. repens by the Pilgrim...
- sell the fruit of Vaccinium myrtilloides. They take an infusion of Epigaea repens leaves for kidney disorders and apply a poultice of the gum or needles...
- heaths such as teaberry (Gaultheria pro****bens) and trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens ). The evergreen great rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) is characteristic...
- the genera Epigaea, Arctostaphylos and Gaultheria were formerly classified in Arbutus. As a result of its past classification, Epigaea repens (mayflower)...
- Maryland Black-e**** susan Rudbeckia hirta 1918 M****achusetts Mayflower Epigaea repens 1918 Michigan Apple blossom (state flower) Malus 1897 Dwarf lake iris...
- Mayflower, Virginia Cardamine pratensis, mayflower or cuckoo-flower Epigaea repens, mayflower or trailing arbutus Maianthemum canadense, Canada mayflower...
- naturalized throughout the temperate climatic world. The "Mayflower" Epigaea repens is a North American harbinger of May, and the floral emblem of both...
- (1877) mention among the Potawatomi doodems (clans) being: They regard Epigaea repens as their tribal flower and consider it to have come directly from their...
- The main badge consists of a gold medallion in the form of a stylized epigaea repens (or mayflower)—the official provincial flower—with the obverse in white...