Definition
A genus of trailing evergreen plants with fragrant pink or white flowers, commonly known as trailing arbutus or mayflower.
Etymology
From Greek 'epi' (upon) + 'gaia' (earth), referring to the plant's low-growing, ground-hugging growth habit that spreads across the soil surface.
Kelly Says
The trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens) is so prized for its delicate fragrance that it's been picked nearly to extinction in some regions—it's actually the official flower of Nova Scotia and Massachusetts.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እ épicea
e-pi-GAY-ah
ARالعربية
نباتات فوق الأرض
nabatat fawqa al-ard
BNবাংলা
এপিগিইয়া
e-pi-gii-ya
CACatalà
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
CSČeština
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
DADansk
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
DEDeutsch
Epigaea
e-pi-GAI-ah
ELΕλληνικά
επίγεια
e-pi-GAY-ah
ESEspañol
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
FAفارسی
上زمینی
sa-zamin-i
FISuomi
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
FRFrançais
épigée
e-pee-ZHEH
HEעברית
אפיגיאה
e-pi-GAY-ah
HIहिन्दी
एपिजेया
e-pi-jee-ya
HUMagyar
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
IDBahasa Indonesia
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
ITItaliano
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
KMKM
អេបីហ្ Geology
a-pi-ge-ya
MSBahasa Melayu
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
MYမြန်မာ
အပိဂိယာ
a-pi-ge-ya
NLNederlands
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
NONorsk
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
PLPolski
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
PTPortuguês
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
RORomână
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
RUРусский
эпигейя
e-pi-gey-ya
SVSvenska
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
SWKiswahili
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
TAதமிழ்
எபிஜியா
e-pi-ji-ya
TEతెలుగు
ఎపిగియ
e-pi-gi-ya
THไทย
เอพิเกีย
e-pi-ge-ya
TRTürkçe
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
UKУкраїнська
епігейя
e-pi-gey-ya
URاردو
اپیجیئا
a-pi-ji-ya
VITiếng Việt
epigaea
e-pi-GAY-ah
ZH中文
上地植物
shàng dì zhí wù