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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024heath /hiθ/USA pronunciation n. - Ecology[countable] an area of open, uncultivated land.
- Plant Biology[uncountable] a low-growing shrub common on such land.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024heath (hēth),USA pronunciation n. - Ecologya tract of open and uncultivated land;
wasteland overgrown with shrubs. - Plant Biologyany of various low-growing evergreen shrubs common on such land, as the common heather, Calluna vulgaris.
- Plant Biologyany plant of the genus Erica, or of the family Ericaceae. Cf. heath family.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English hǣth; cognate with German Heide, Old Norse heithr, Gothic haithi; akin to Welsh coed trees, wood
- Biographical Edward (Richard George), born 1916, British statesman: prime minister 1970–74.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: heath /hiːθ/ n - Brit a large open area, usually with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation, esp heather
Also called: heather any low-growing evergreen ericaceous shrub of the Old World genus Erica and related genera, having small bell-shaped typically pink or purple flowers- any of several nonericaceous heathlike plants, such as sea heath
Etymology: Old English hǣth; related to Old Norse heithr field, Old High German heida heatherˈheathˌlike adj ˈheathy adj |