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heather

16 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) heather (noun)
  2. 2) heather (adjective)
  3. heather ale (noun)
  4. heather bell (noun)
  5. heather-bleat (noun)
  6. heather cat (noun)
  7. heather cow (noun)
  8. heather grass (noun)
  9. American heather (noun)
  10. beach heather (noun)
  11. bell heather (noun)
  12. false heather (noun)
  13. gold heather (noun)
  14. Scotch heather (noun)
  15. red heath (noun)
  16. winter heath (noun)

1heath·er

noun \ˈhe-thər\

Definition of HEATHER

: heath 2a; especially : a common Eurasian heath (Calluna vulgaris) of northern and alpine regions that has small crowded sessile leaves and racemes of tiny usually purplish-pink flowers and is naturalized in the northeastern United States
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Origin of HEATHER

Middle English (northern) hather
First Known Use: 14th century

Other Seed Plant Terms

aubergine, box, bramble, briar, composite, perpetual, pulse, trefoil

Rhymes with HEATHER

feather, leather, nether, tether, weather, wether, whether

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