heuchera

[ hyoo-ker-uh ]

noun

1. any of various North American plants belonging to the genus Heuchera, of the saxifrage family, having clusters of small, cup-shaped flowers, especially the alumroots.

heuchera

/ ˈhjuːkərə /

noun

1. any plant of the N. American genus Heuchera, with low-growing heart-shaped leaves and mostly red flowers carried in sprays on slender graceful stems: family Saxifragaceae See also alumroot

Word History and Origins

Origin of heuchera¹

< New Latin (Linnaeus), after Johann Heinreich von Heucher (1677–1747), German botanist; -a ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of heuchera¹

named after J. H. Heucher (1677–1747), German doctor and botanist

Example Sentences

Such lists keep us from aimless nursery wandering, and when we actually find that salvia or heuchera, we can confirm it’s really the kind we’ve been seeking.

From Seattle Times

Colorful euphorbia, heuchera, winter-blooming hellebores and heathers are go-to selections for fall and winter containers.

From Seattle Times

It resembles heuchera in its eye-catching lobed leaves but will grow in wet areas that would quickly doom the heuchera.

From Washington Post

“I didn’t know what these were, but I liked the leaf, and I liked the color,” she says of the white-leafed Senecio ‘Angel Wings’ planted next to Heuchera ‘Forever Purple’ and red and yellow variegated coleus off the front stoop.

From Seattle Times

These striking evergreens are thickly interplanted with alliums, hostas, heuchera, astilbes and black mondo grass.

From Seattle Times