false heather

noun

Definition of false heather

1 : any of several ericaceous plants that resemble true heather especially : beach heather

2 : a small heathlike South American solanaceous shrub (Fabiana imbricata) that is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental usually in the coolhouse

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