heather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛðɚ/
ipa: /ˈhɛðə/
ipa: /ˈhiːðəɹ/
rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ)
Forms: form: heathers
form: hadder
form: hether
form: hather
Etymology: From Middle English hather, hathir, from Old English *hǣddre and hǣþ (“heather”), cognate with Scots hedder, hadder, heddir (“heather”), Saterland Frisian Heede (“heather”), West Frisian heide (“heather”), Dutch heide (“heather”), German Low German Heide, Heid (“heather”), German Heide (“heather”).
Senses: examples: text: The cutting sides were gay with heather in bloom, and masses of dainty Scots bluebells, while patches of clear sky overhead were bringing life and colour to the sea.
ref: 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:
glosses: An evergreen plant, Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
glosses: A plant in the family Ericaceae.
glosses: Various species of the genus Erica.
glosses: Various species of the genus Cassiope.
glosses: A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: The use of interwoven yarns of mixed colours to produce flecks.
Synonyms: sense: Calluna vulgaris
word: ling
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
word: American heather (Hudsonia tomentosa
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Hudsonia spp.
word: beach heather
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
word: bell heather
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Erica cinerea
word: heather-bell
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Calluna vulgaris
word: common heather
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Calluna vulgaris vars.
word: double heather
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Fabiana imbricata
word: false heather
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
word: goldenheather
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Hudsonia spp.
word: golden heather
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Erica scoparia
word: green heather
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
word: heather ale
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
word: heather-bleat
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Tetrao urogallus
word: heather cock
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
word: heathered
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Danthonia decumbens
word: heather grass
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
word: heatherless
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
word: heatherlike
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
word: heather-mixture
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Phenacomys spp.
word: heather vole
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
word: heathery
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Ericameria ericoides
word: mock heather
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
alt: Harrimanella spp.
word: moss heather
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Phyllodoce spp.
word: mountain heather
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Calluna vulgaris
word: Scots heather
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
word: set the heather alight
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
word: set the heather on fire
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Calluna spp.
word: summer heather
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
word: take to the heather
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Erica arborea
word: tree heather
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Cassiope spp.
word: white heather
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Erica carnea
word: winter-flowering heather
sense: Terms derived from heather (noun)
taxonomic: Erica spp.
word: winter heather
Related terms: heath
briar
ericaceous
hypericum
marsh andromeda
whortleberry