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单词 heather
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heather

[ heth-er ]
/ ˈhɛð ər /
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noun

any of various heaths, especially Calluna vulgaris, of England and Scotland, having small, pinkish-purple flowers.

adjective

(of a yarn or fabric color) subtly flecked or mottled: all-cotton turtlenecks in your choice of five solid colors plus heather gray and heather green.

Origin of heather

1300–50; spelling variant of hether, earlier hedder, hadder, hather,Middle English hathir; akin to heath

OTHER WORDS FROM heather

heathered, adjective

Words nearby heather

heathen, heathendom, heathenish, heathenism, heathenize, heather, heathery, heath family, heathfowl, heath grass, heath hen

Definition for heather (2 of 2)

Heather
[ heth-er ]
/ ˈhɛð ər /

noun

a female given name.
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British Dictionary definitions for heather

heather
/ (ˈhɛðə) /

noun

Also called: ling, heath a low-growing evergreen Eurasian ericaceous shrub, Calluna vulgaris, that grows in dense masses on open ground and has clusters of small bell-shaped typically pinkish-purple flowers
any of certain similar plants
a purplish-red to pinkish-purple colour

adjective

of a heather colour
of or relating to interwoven yarns of mixed coloursheather mixture

Derived forms of heather

heathered, adjectiveheathery, adjective

Word Origin for heather

C14: originally Scottish and Northern English, probably from heath
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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