different between ericaceous vs vaccinium

English

Adjective

ericaceous (comparative more ericaceous, superlative most ericaceous)

1. (botany) Of or pertaining to the heath family (Ericaceae).
2. (especially of a plant) Acid-loving, thriving in acidic conditions.

   Ericaceous plants include camellias, hollies, hydrangeas, and maples as well as members of the Ericaceae.
3. acidic, acid-based

   Camellias thrive when fed with an ericaceous fertiliser.

Synonyms

• (acid-loving): calcifugal, calcifugous

See also

• calcifuge

References

• ericaceous at OneLook Dictionary Search
• ericaceous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Ericaceae at APWeb

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

vaccinium (plural vacciniums)

1. (botany) Any of the genus Vaccinium of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.

Latin

Etymology

From vacc?nus (“relating to cows”), or a corruption of Ancient Greek ???????? (huákinthos, “dark red, purple”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?ak?ki?.ni.um/, [u?äk?ki?ni???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vat?t??i.ni.um/, [v?t?t??i?nium]

Noun

vacc?nium n (genitive vacc?ni? or vacc?n?); second declension

1. the bilberry, blueberry, whortleberry

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• ? Translingual: Vaccinium
  • ? English: vaccinium

References

• vaccinium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vaccinium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vaccinium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette