vacciniaceæ

pl. [Modern Latin vacci ni(um); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceӕ.] Bot.: Cranberries; an order of Epigynous Exogens, alliance Cinchona les. Much-branched shrubs or small trees often evergreen, sometimes parasitic. Leaves alternate entire, often with glandular notches, exstipulate; flowers solitary or in racemes; calyx, superior, entire, or with four to six lobes. Corolla monopetalous, with the same number of divisions as the calyx, imbricated in estivation; which are in little globular heads, are the Ca ie flowers of commerce, which, macerated in fine olive oil, yield a perfume like that of violets. The tree seems to be indigenous only in the tropics of America, but it is now cultivated in most hot countries, and has extended even to the south of Europe. va-cher (erasā), s . [French, from vac he (Lat. vacca )=a cow.] The stock or cattle-keeper on the prairies of the southwest.