erica

erica, ~e [CL] 1 heather (prob. Calluna vulgaris). de oleribus ad idem [sc. fecunditatem] valent menta, sparagus, pastinata, ~a, rapa‥. de speciebus ‥ zinziber conditum ‥ semen ~e, semen mercurialis Kymer 19; Ib. (v. eryngion); in planis et locis ~a consitis ‥ [galerita] degit Turner Av. E 1. 2 (?) colophony, Greek pitch. ~e, i. colofonia, quedam gumma Alph. 58.