white heather
- noun
- US
:
brezo blanco
- Look at that stunning patch of white heather!
Examples
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Hikers came across a rare patch of white heather during their trek.
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In the spring, white heather covers the slopes with delicate blooms.
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Some gardeners prize white heather for its unique color and hardiness.
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I saw a beautiful white heather blooming in the mountains.
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Hikers in the mountains admired the beautiful blooms of white heather along the trail.
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The garden featured a lovely patch of white heather, attracting bees with its delicate flowers.
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In early summer, the hills were covered in stunning white heather that enhanced the landscape.
Synonyms
A low mountain shrub with drooping bell-shaped white flowers that grows in western North America
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun combination: 'white' describes the color of the 'heather', so the meaning is directly derivable as a heather plant with white flowers. This basic descriptive composition is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately clear to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
White heather names a kind of heather with white flowers that stand out on hills where most heather is purple. Because these white blooms are rare, people have long prized them and treated them as a sign of 'good luck'.
