heath
Noun
A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
* ~1602 , William Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act I, scene I:
*:1. Where the place?/2. Vpon the Heath /3. There to meet with Macbeth
Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae .
* 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 258:
- There was nobody living in Jim’s old house, and some of the windows was broken; but there was heath growing back and front.
# Many of the species in the genus Erica
# Many of the species in the genus Cassiope
# Both species in the genus
# Any of the species in the genus
# Any of the species in the genus
# Any of the species in the genus
(label) Certain butterflies and moths
# The palaearctic species of Coenonympha , a genus of brush-footed butterfly
## , native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and Northern Africa, the small heath
## , native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and North America, the large heath
# , the heath fritillary
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Usage notes
* The word heaths may describe multiple disconnected heathlands.
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heather
English
Noun
(en noun )
(botany) An evergreen plant, , with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
(botany) The Ericaceae family.
(botany) Various species of the genus Erica .
(botany) Various species of the genus Cassiope .
A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.
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Synonyms
* (Calluna vulgaris) ling
Derived terms
* bell heather
* heather grass
* heather mixture
See also
(other terms of interest)
* briar
* ericaceous
* hypericum
* marsh andromeda
* whortleberry
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* (wikipedia “heather” )
* (Ericaceae)
* (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary
commonslite”>commonslite)
Adjective
(en adjective )
Of a purple colour with a tint with pink and blue.
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