Epigaea
Translingual
Etymology
From ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + γαῖα (gaîa, “earth, land”). Analyzable as epi- + Gaea.
Proper noun
Epigaea f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – the trailing arbutus of eastern North America and its relatives in Japan and Georgia and northeastern Turkey.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids – clades; Ericales – order; Ericaceae – family; Ericoideae - subfamily; Phyllodoceae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Epigaea repens - type species; Epigaea asiatica, Epigaea gaultherioides - other species
Descendants
- → Russian: эпиге́я (epigéja)
References
- Epigaea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Epigaea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Epigaea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Epigaea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Epigaea at the Catalogue of Life
- Epigaea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Epigaea at USDA Plants database
- Epigaea at The Plant List