<botany> A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc, having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.

Origin: NL, from Gr. Pointed at the end. So called in allusion to the sharply pointed leaves.

(01 Mar 1998)

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