heath
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(noun) (British) a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation |
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Synonyms: heathland |
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Related Words: barren, waste, wasteland |
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(noun) a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers |
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Related Words: Brewer's mountain heather, Bruckenthalia spiculifolia, Bryanthus taxifolius, Calluna vulgaris, Cassiope mertensiana, Connemara heath, Daboecia cantabrica, Phyllodoce breweri, Phyllodoce caerulea, Scots heather, St. Dabeoc's heath, broom, bush, erica, heather, ling, mountain heath, purple heather, shrub, spike heath, true heath, white heather |
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