heath
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- noun
- /hiːθ/
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- We often hike through the heathlands to enjoy the stunning views and the fresh air.
Examples
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Bedecking furze-clad heath and rushy waste
Academic text (2017) -
The heath is home to various species of wildlife, including rare birds and insects.
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On the contrary, I love my native heath.
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On an acid heath in Surrey, where only small isolated clumps of mature Scots.
Academic text (1998) -
Not only has the species richness of the heath been reduced, but also the biological diversity of the landscape, because the modified plant communities now resemble the composition of communities occupying more fertile soils.
Academic text (2000) -
In spring, the heath blooms with beautiful purple flowers that attract many bees.
Synonyms
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A low evergreen shrub with small purple or pink flowers that grows on moors
A small shrub with bell-shaped flowers found in Europe and Africa
A low evergreen bush with many small bell-shaped flowers that often grow in open wild places
A low shrub with thin leaves and purple-red flowers that grows on open, poor soil
A small European shrub with pink bell-shaped flowers and leaves in groups of four
A low shrub with small pink flowers that grows in wet heaths and bogs
A low bush that keeps its leaves all year and has white to pink-purple flowers
A low evergreen shrub with small white to pink flowers
A low shrub with bell-shaped red or pink flowers that blooms in early spring
A low shrub that blooms early in spring with small bell-shaped red flowers
An evergreen shrub with dense leaves and small pink or white bell-shaped flowers
A dense upright shrub with many white or pink flowers that grows naturally in western Spain and Portugal
A small bush with pink or white flowers that grows on moors in Cornwall and southwest Europe
A small upright bush from Australia and Tasmania with sweet-smelling, colorful flowers
A small upright shrub from Australia and Tasmania with fragrant white flowers
A low bush with small leaves and many flowers native to Australia
A small evergreen plant with narrow leaves and sweet smelling flowers
A small evergreen shrub with tiny leaves and pink or purple flowers that grows on high mountain slopes
A small evergreen plant with pink flower spikes like a heath
A low bush with bright red flowers and small edible fruits like cranberries
Compounds
- Australian
A small upright shrub from Australia and Tasmania with fragrant white flowers
- Australian
A small upright bush from Australia and Tasmania with sweet-smelling, colorful flowers
A small bush with pink or white flowers that grows on moors in Cornwall and southwest Europe
A small European shrub with pink bell-shaped flowers and leaves in groups of four
- Australian
A low bush with bright red flowers and small edible fruits like cranberries
A low shrub with thin leaves and purple-red flowers that grows on open, poor soil
A small evergreen shrub with tiny leaves and pink or purple flowers that grows on high mountain slopes
- Specialized
A group of flowering plants like blueberries or rhododendrons that grow in acidic soil
- US
A large wild bird like a prairie chicken that lived in eastern North America and is now extinct
- Australian
A small shrub with pink to rosy purple tube-shaped flowers that grows in southern and western Australia
An evergreen shrub with dense leaves and small pink or white bell-shaped flowers
A dense upright shrub with many white or pink flowers that grows naturally in western Spain and Portugal
A small evergreen shrub that grows flat like a mat with stiff stems and small bell-shaped flowers
A low bush that keeps its leaves all year and has white to pink-purple flowers
Surface Forms
Etymology
Heath comes from an old English word hæth meaning 'land not used for farming', and the low evergreen shrubs that grow there took the same name. So a heath is the small shrub you find on open, sandy ground, often with bell-shaped pink or purple flowers.