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heather

noun

1 heather

Common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere.

synonyms: broom, Calluna vulgaris, ling, Scots heather.

Roget 367: vegetable, vegetable kingdom; flora, verdure.    plant; tree, shrub, bush; creeper; herb, herbage; grass.    annual; ... show more

Roget 344: plain, table-land, face of the country; open country, champaign country; basin, downs, waste, weary waste, desert, wild, steppe, pampas, savanna, ... show more

Dutch: heide, hei
Polish: wrzos pospolity, wrzos zwyczajny

2 heather

Interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color.

synonym: heather mixture.


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