heath : Idioms & Phrases

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australian heath

  • noun any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae; most are of the Australian region
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blunt-leaf heath

  • noun small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers
    blunt-leaf heath; Epacris obtusifolia.
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common heath

  • noun small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers
    blunt-leaf heath; Epacris obtusifolia.
  • noun spindly upright shrub of southern Australia and Tasmania having white to rose or purple-red flowers
    Epacris impressa.
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connemara heath

  • noun low straggling evergreen shrub of western Europe represented by several varieties with flowers from white to rose-purple
    Connemara heath; Daboecia cantabrica.
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cornish heath

  • noun bushy shrub having pink to white flowers; common on the moors of Cornwall and in southwestern Europe; cultivated elsewhere
    Erica vagans.
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cranberry heath

  • noun small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia
    Styphelia humifusum; ground-berry; groundberry; native cranberry; Astroloma humifusum.
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cross-leaved heath

  • noun dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers
    Erica tetralix; bell heather.
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fine-leaved heath

  • noun common low European shrub with purple-red flowers
    heather bell; bell heather; Erica cinerea.
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heath aster

  • noun common much-branched North American perennial with heathlike foliage and small starry white flowers
    Aster ericoides.
  • noun common North American perennial with heathlike foliage and small white flower heads
    Aster arenosus.
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Heath cock

  • (Zoöl.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse (below).
Webster 1913

heath family

  • noun heathers
    Ericaceae; family Ericaceae.
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Heath grass

  • (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus Triodia (T. decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
Webster 1913

Heath grouse, ∨ Heath game

  • (Zoöl.), a European grouse (Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heats; called also black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl, moor fowl. The male is called, heath cock, and blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
Webster 1913

Heath hen

  • noun extinct prairie chicken
    Tympanuchus cupido cupido.
  • noun female black grouse
    gray hen; grayhen; greyhen; grey hen.
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  • . (Zoöl.) See Heath grouse (above).
Webster 1913

Heath pea

  • noun European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey
    earth-nut pea; tuberous vetch; earthnut pea; Lathyrus tuberosus.
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  • (bot.), a species of bitter vetch (Lathyris macrorhizus), the tubers of which are eaten, and in Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
Webster 1913

Heath throstle

  • (Zoöl.), a European thrush which frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.
Webster 1913

heath violet

  • noun Old World leafy-stemmed blue-flowered violet
    Viola canina; dog violet.
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mountain heath

  • noun small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States
    Phyllodoce caerulea; Bryanthus taxifolius.
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port jackson heath

  • noun small shrub of southern and western Australia having pinkish to rosy purple tubular flowers
    Epacris purpurascens.
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portuguese heath

  • noun erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in southwestern England
    Portuguese heath; Erica lusitanica.
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prince of wales heath

  • noun South African shrub grown for its profusion of white flowers
    Erica perspicua; Prince of Wales heath.
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prince-of-wales'-heath

  • noun South African shrub grown for its profusion of white flowers
    Erica perspicua; Prince of Wales heath.
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Saint Dabeoc's heath

  • (Bot.), a heatherlike plant (Dabæcia polifolia), named from an Irish saint.
Webster 1913

sea heath

Sea" heath`
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  1. (Bot.) A low perennial plant (Frankenia lævis) resembling heath, growing along the seashore in Europe.
Webster 1913

spanish heath

  • noun erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in southwestern England
    Portuguese heath; Erica lusitanica.
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spike heath

  • noun small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
    Bruckenthalia spiculifolia.
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spring heath

  • noun dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers
    Erica carnea; spring heath.
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st. dabeoc's heath

  • noun low straggling evergreen shrub of western Europe represented by several varieties with flowers from white to rose-purple
    Connemara heath; Daboecia cantabrica.
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tree heath

  • noun gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long
    Richea pandanifolia; grass tree.
  • noun evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
    Erica arborea; briar; brier.
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true heath

  • noun any plant of the genus Erica
    erica.
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winter heath

  • noun dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers
    Erica carnea; spring heath.
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