[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

heath \heath\ h=eth, n. oe. heth waste land, the plant
   heath, as. h=aeeth; akin to d.  g. heide, icel.
   heiethr waste land, dan. hede, sw. hed, goth. haithorni
   field, l. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. w. coed a wood, skr.
   ksh=etra field. root20.
   1. bot.
      a a low shrub erica vulgaris or calluna vulgaris,
          with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
          pink flowers. it is used in great britain for brooms,
          thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. it
          is also called heather, and ling.
      b also, any species of the genus erica, of which
          several are european, and many more are south african,
          some of great beauty. see illust. of heather.
          1913 webster

   2. a place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
      country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
      1913 webster

            their stately growth, though bare,
            stands on the blasted heath.          --milton
      1913 webster

   heath cock zool., the blackcock. see heath grouse
      below.

   heath grass bot., a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
      triodia triodia decumbens, growing on dry heaths.

   heath grouse, or heath game zool., a european grouse
      tetrao tetrix, which inhabits heaths; -- called also
      black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
      moor fowl. the male is called heath cock, and
      blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.

   heath hen. zool. see heath grouse above.

   heath pea bot., a species of bitter vetch lathyrus
      macrorhizus, the tubers of which are eaten, and in
      scotland are used to flavor whisky.

   heath throstle zool., a european thrush which frequents
      heaths; the ring ouzel.
      1913 webster
see also:
erica vulgaris calluna vulgaris heather ling erica heather 
heath cock heath grouse heath grass triodia triodia decumbens 
heath game tetrao tetrix black game black grouse heath poult 
heath fowl moor fowl heath cock blackcock heath hen 
gray hen heath hen heath pea lathyrus macrorhizus heath throstle 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

heather \heath"er\ he^th"~er; 277. this is the only
   pronunciation in scotland, n. see heath.
   heath. scot.
   1913 webster

         gorse and grass
         and heather, where his footsteps pass,
         the brighter seem.                       --longfellow.
   1913 webster

   heather bell bot., one of the pretty subglobose flowers
      of two european kinds of heather erica tetralix, and
      erica cinerea.
      1913 webster
see also:
heath heather bell erica tetralix erica cinerea 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

heather
     n 1: common old world heath represented by many varieties; low
          evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere syn:
          ling, scots heather, broom, calluna vulgaris
     2: interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted grayish
        shades with flecks of color syn: heather mixture
see also:
ling scots heather broom calluna vulgaris heather mixture 

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