Australian English Meaning of heath

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Definitions and Meaning of heath in English

Wordnet

heath (n)

a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers

a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation

Webster

heath (n.)

A low shrub (Erica, / Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling.

Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which several are European, and many more are South African, some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.

A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.

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heath

a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers, a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and s

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heater => heater, heatedly => heatedly, heated up => heated up, heated => heated, heat-absorbing => heat-absorbing,