Definitions for: Heather


[n] interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted grayish shades with flecks of color
[n] common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere



Webster (1913) Definition: 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).

Synonyms: broom, Calluna vulgaris, heather mixture, ling, Scots heather

See Also: Calluna, color, coloring, colour, colouring, genus Calluna, heath

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