Meaning of HEATHER
| Pronunciation: | | 'hedhur
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- [n] interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted grayish shades with flecks of color
- [n] common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
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| | Synonyms: | | broom, Calluna vulgaris, heather mixture, ling, Scots heather |
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| | See Also: | | Calluna, color, coloring, colour, colouring, genus Calluna, heath | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Heath"er\ (?; 277. This is the only pronunciation in
Scotland), n. [See {Heath}.]
Heath. [Scot.]
Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass,
The brighter seem. --Longfellow.
{Heather bell} (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers
of two European kinds of heather ({Erica Tetralix}, and
{E. cinerea}).
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