"ericaceous" meaning in All languages combined

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        "Of or pertaining to the heath family (Ericaceae)."
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        "(botany) Of or pertaining to the heath family (Ericaceae)."
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        {
          "text": "Ericaceous plants include camellias, hollies, hydrangeas, and maples as well as members of the Ericaceae."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1975, Joan Lee Faust, Lisa Oldenburg, The New York times book of indoor & outdoor gardening questions",
          "text": "Ralph E. Martin, a New Jersey engineer and gardener, concurs that coffee grounds for general garden and lawn use are too acid. He recommends small quantities for ericaceous (acid-loving) ornamentals.",
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        {
          "ref": "1999, Steve Bradley, Alan Titchmarsh, Ground Force Weekend Workbook, page 103",
          "text": "Many people long to grow some of these beautiful ericaceous (acid-loving) plants, but think they can't because they don't have the appropriate soil.",
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          "ref": "2009, Chris Young, RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Design, page 74",
          "text": "Soil acidity is important if you want to grow ericaceous (acid-loving) plants such as Pieris, Camellia, or Rhododendron.",
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        "(especially of a plant) Acid-loving, thriving in acidic conditions."
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          "ref": "2004, John Mason, Nursery Management, page 144",
          "text": "Acid-loving plants such as camellias, heathers, azaleas and rhododendrons are best planted in an ericaceous (acid) potting mix.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, John Harrison, The Essential Allotment Guide: How to Get the Best out of Your Plot",
          "text": "Most fruits like a soil that is slightly acid to neutral 6–7 pH. These moorland plants, however, like an ericaceous (acid) soil with a pH more towards 5.",
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          "ref": "2013, Simon Akeroyd, Allotment Handbook",
          "text": "If your soil is alkaline, simply grow acid-lovers in containers of ericaceous (acid) potting compost.",
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          "text": "Camellias thrive when fed with an ericaceous fertiliser."
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        {
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        },
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        },
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