(organic chemistry) A colourless oil (quickly becoming brown) with a pleasant odour, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing boron, chlorine, iron, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.

plural of erica

Of plant leaves, small, often leathery, usually needle-like or scale-like, non-deciduous, and generally adapted to poor soils and arid conditions, such as in fynbos and maquis.

(organic chemistry) A glucoside found in the bearberry (and other ericaceous plants).

A surname from Swedish.

Alternative form of eric (“fine paid as compensation for violent crimes”)