heather : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: heather	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heather n common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere Synonym(s): heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color Synonym(s): heather mixture, heather
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heath \Heath\, n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS. h[?][?]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei[?]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh[?]tra field. [root]20.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A low shrub ({Erica, [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}. 2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage. Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton {Heath cock} (Zo[94]l.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse} (below). {Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus {Triodia} ({T. decumbens}), growing on dry heaths. {Heath grouse}, [or] {Heath game} (Zo[94]l.), a European grouse ({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heats; -- 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}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heath grouse} (above). {Heath pea} (bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyris macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in Scotland are used to flavor whisky. {Heath throstle} (Zo[94]l.), a European thrush which frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heather \Heath"er\ (?; 277. This is the only pronunciation in Scotland), n. [See {Heath}.] Heath. [Scot.] Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass, The brighter seem. --Longfellow. {Heather bell} (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather ({Erica Tetralix}, and {E. cinerea}).