Empetrum

noun

Em·​pe·​trum

ˈempə‧trəm

: a genus (the type of the family Empetraceae) of low shrubs having flowers scattered and solitary or few in the axils see crowberry

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek empetron, neuter of empetros growing on rock, from em- en- entry 2 + -petros (from petra rock)

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