| epacridaceae | (n) Australasian shrubs or small trees, Syn. epacris family, family Epacridaceae |
| epacris | (n) any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers |
| genus epacris | (n) type genus of the Epacridaceae: Australian heath |
| common heath | (n) small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers, Syn. Epacris obtusifolia, blunt-leaf heath |
| common heath | (n) spindly upright shrub of southern Australia and Tasmania having white to rose or purple-red flowers, Syn. Epacris impressa |
| port jackson heath | (n) small shrub of southern and western Australia having pinkish to rosy purple tubular flowers, Syn. Epacris purpurascens |
| quinacrine | (n) a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria, Syn. quinacrine hydrochloride, Atabrine, mepacrine |
| Epacris | ‖n. [ NL., from Gr. |
| mepacrine | n. Quinacrine, a drug once used to treat malaria; |