erice

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ĕrīce, ēs, f., = ἐρείκη,

I heath , broom , ling , Plin. 24, 9, 39, § 64; 11, 16, 15, § 41 sq.

II —Hence, ĕrīcaeus , a, um, adj., of the heath-flower , i. e. collected from it: mel (= mel sylvestre), Plin. 11, 16, 15, § 41.