Emily Dickinson Lexicon

Epigea, proper n. [Gk epi, upon + gaia, earth.]

Epigea repens; evergreen plant with white berry-like fruit and heart-shaped leaves; fragrant rose-colored flower that bloom in April; low-growing New England shrub that prefers poor soil and northern hill-sides; [fig.] Spring; the world; Mother Nature; flower personified as Earth goddess.