heath

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noun

1. a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae;
has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
• Hypernyms:
shrub, bush
• Hyponyms:
erica, true heath, spike heath, Bruckenthalia spiculifolia, heather,
ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris, white heather, Cassiope mertensiana,
Connemara heath, St. Dabeoc's heath, Daboecia cantabrica, mountain heath, Phyllodoce caerulea, Bryanthus taxifolius,
purple heather, Brewer's mountain heather, Phyllodoce breweri
• Member Holonyms:
Ericaceae, family Ericaceae, heath family
2. a tract of level wasteland;
uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
• Syn:
heathland
• Regions:
United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain
• Hypernyms:
barren, waste, wasteland