Epigaea

2 definitions found

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

  Epigaea \Ep`i*g[ae]"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + ? earth.]
     (Bot.)
     An American genus of plants, containing but a single species
     ({E. repens}), the trailing arbutus.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Epigaea
       n : small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus [syn: {genus
           Epigaea}]