heather

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

hea·ther [heather heathers] BrE [ˈheðə(r)] NAmE [ˈheðər] noun uncountable
a low wild plant with small purple, pink or white flowers, that grows on hills and areas of wild open land (= ↑moorland )

Word Origin:
Old English hadre, hedre (recorded in place names), of unknown origin. The word was chiefly Scots until the 16th cent.; the change in the first syllable in the 18th cent. was due to association with ↑heath.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  heather mixture, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris