||Ep"a*cris (ĕp"ȧ*krĭs),
n. [NL., from Gr. 'e`pakros pointed at
the end. So called in allusion to the sharply pointed leaves.]
(Bot.) A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New
Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much
resembling heaths.