Heather Definition

hĕthər
heathers
noun
heathers
A low-growing Eurasian shrub (Calluna vulgaris) in the heath family, growing in dense masses and having small evergreen leaves and clusters of small, bell-shaped pinkish-purple flowers.
American Heritage
A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.
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(botany) The Ericaceae family.

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(botany) Various species of the genus Erica.

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(botany) Various species of the genus Cassiope.

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Synonyms:
adjective
Like heather in color or appearance.
Webster's New World
Muted; soft.
Webster's New World
Marked with flecks of various colors.
Heather tones.
Webster's New World
Of a purple colour with a tint with pink and blue.
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pronoun
A female given name.
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A surname​..

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Other Word Forms of Heather

Noun

Singular:
heather
Plural:
heathers

Origin of Heather

  • From heather; the given name is one of the plant names taken up in the 19th century. The surname is habitational, also meaning someone living on a heath.

    From Wiktionary

  • Alteration (influenced by heath) of Middle English hather probably from Old English hǣddre

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Heather Sentence Examples

  • The soil is quartz sand and is chiefly covered with heather and brushwood.

  • Five well-contrasted types of scenery in Derbyshire are clearly traceable to as many varieties of rock; the bleak dry uplands of the north and east, with deep-cut ravines and swift clear streams, are due to the great mass of Mountain Limestone; round the limestone boundary are the valleys with soft outlines in the Pendleside Shales; these are succeeded by the rugged moorlands, covered with heather and peat, which are due to the Millstone Grit series; eastward lies the Derbyshire Coalfield with its gently moulded grasscovered hills; southward is the more level tract of red Triassic rocks.

  • Heather covers large tracts, and also affords pasture for sheep. The development of forest trees is insignificant.

  • Holm of Papal, "isle of the priest" (2), belonging to Bressay parish, and Linga, "heather isle" (8), to the parish of Tingwall, lie S.E.

  • The dry heath areas are dominated by ling, bell heather and bristle bent grass.

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