ling

Examples

• All

• The landscape was beautiful, dotted with ling shrubs that added vibrant color to the scenery.

• Do you understand now, Elf ling?

  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

• Mei ling.

  Yes, Giorgio (1982)

• (ye/ling)

  Grand Theft Auto (1977)

• The ling is a common sight in the moors, with its delicate purple flowers blooming in summer.

Synonyms

H

heather

vsling

176 4.9

A low evergreen shrub with small purple or pink flowers that grows on moors

is the same shrub but described as native to northern Europe and Asia

C

Calluna vulgaris

vsling

• Specialized

8.4

A low evergreen bush with small pink or purple flowers

is the wild shrub found widely across northern Europe and Asia

S

Scots heather

vsling

8.9

A low evergreen shrub with small purple or pink flowers that covers moors in Scotland

is the broadly found plant across northern Europe and Asia rather than mainly Scotland

Compounds

L

ling ko

• Indian

9.9

A plant like a water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two prongs

N

Nan Ling

7.2

A mountain range in southeast China that separates northern and southern regions

Surface Forms

Etymology