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heather    音标拼音: [h'ɛðɚ]
n. 石南花
a. 似石南的,杂色的

石南花似石南的,杂色的

heather
n 1: common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low
evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere [synonym:
{heather}, {ling}, {Scots heather}, {broom}, {Calluna
vulgaris}]
2: interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish
shades with flecks of color [synonym: {heather mixture},
{heather}]

Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub ({Erica vulgaris} 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}.
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2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
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Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
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{Heath cock} (Zool.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse}
(below).

{Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
{Triodia} ({Triodia decumbens}), growing on dry heaths.

{Heath grouse}, or {Heath game} (Zool.), a European grouse
({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heaths; -- 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}. (Zool.) See {Heath grouse} (above).

{Heath pea} (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.

{Heath throstle} (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
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Heather \Heath"er\ (h[e^][th]"[~e]r; 277. This is the only
pronunciation in Scotland), n. [See {Heath}.]
Heath. [Scot.]
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Gorse and grass
And heather, where his footsteps pass,
The brighter seem. --Longfellow.
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{Heather bell} (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers
of two European kinds of heather ({Erica Tetralix}, and
{Erica cinerea}).
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