The Scottish name, now in general use, for the native species of the Linnæan genus Erica, called in the north of England, ling, n.2; especially E…

A name applied to various ericaceous plants, chiefly Calluna vulgaris; see heather, n.

Open uncultivated ground; an extensive tract of waste land; a wilderness; now chiefly applied to a bare, more or less flat, tract of land…

The common heath or heather, Calluna vulgaris; also, cross-leaved heath, Erica Tetralix.

any of several heathers of the genus Erica, whose flowers are thought to resemble bottles.

a ‘heath’ of the genus Frankenia.

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.)

any of various kinds of pink flowered heather, esp. Calluna vulgaris.

A monotypic genus of plants of the family Ericaceae, whose only known species is the common heather, C. vulgaris; (also calluna) a plant of this…

either of two purple-flowered heathers found in western Europe, the bell heather, Erica cinerea, and the common heather, Calluna vulgaris; cf. Scot…

The botanical name of the genus of plants called in English heath, n. (In quot. 1826 used affectedly as an English word.)

any of various heaths (genus Erica) which flower in late winter to early spring; esp. E. carnea, which is native to mountainous areas of central…

Lindley's name for a plant of the Nat. Ord. Ericaceæ. Also attributive.

a name given by some to the plants of the Natural Order Ericaceæ.

an Irish heath, Dabœcia cantabrica or one of its varieties, belonging to the family Ericaceæ and bearing white, pink, or purple flowers.

the name given to various kinds of heather in Scotland (Jamieson, 1825); see Sc. National Dict. at Cat. n.1 I. 2.

any of several heathers having somewhat bottle-shaped flowers; esp. cross-leaved heath, Erica tetralix.

any of several types of heather, esp. Erica erigena.