heather-belln.
A name given to Erica tetralix (or spec. to its blossom), and sometimes also to E. cinerea. (In quot. 1725 apparently =heath-bell n. 2.)
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heather1335
ling?c1357
heath1626
grig1691
bottle heath?1711
sea-heath1713
heather-bell1725
red heath?1788
Calluna1803
Scotch heath1822
Erica1826
winter heath1842
heathwort1847
heath-blooms1858
St. Dabeoc's heath1863
cat-heather1864
honey bottle1868
French heath1871
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. iv Blue heather-bells Bloom'd bonny on moorland.
1786 R. Burns Poems 211 Her moors red-brown wi' heather bells.
1808 W. Scott Marmion i. Introd. 4 Away hath passed the heather-bell, That bloomed so rich on Needpath-fell.
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