Epacris

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Epacris \Ep"a*cris\ ([e^]p"[.a]*kr[i^]s), n. [NL., from Gr.
     'e`pakros pointed at the end. So called in allusion to the
     sharply pointed leaves.] (Bot.)
     A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc.,
     having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much
     resembling heaths.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  epacris
       n : any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for
           their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or
           tubular flowers