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Heather (plant)
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Heather (disambiguation) — Heather may refer to: *In botany, the plant Calluna *More loosely, various species of the genera Erica and Cassiope , closely related to Calluna *Heather, Leicestershire, a village in England * The name of the yacht Heather that was built in 1902 … Wikipedia
heather — [heth′ər] n. [altered (after HEATH) < ME (northern & Scot) haddyr, prob. < OE * hædre, parallel with clofre, clover, mædre, madder] any of various low growing plants of the heath family; esp., a plant (Calluna vulgaris) common in the… … English World dictionary
Heather — f English: from the word denoting the hardy, brightly coloured plant (Middle English hather; the spelling was altered in the 18th century as a result of folk etymological association with heath). The name was first used in the late 19th century;… … First names dictionary
Heather (name) — Infobox Given Name Revised name = Heather imagesize= 200 px caption= Flowering Calluna vulgaris , an example of the common heather from which the female name is derived. pronunciation= gender = Female meaning = Named after the plant Heather,… … Wikipedia
heather — heathered, adj. /hedh euhr/, n. 1. any of various heaths, esp. Calluna vulgaris, of England and Scotland, having small, pinkish purple flowers. adj. 2. (of a yarn or fabric color) subtly flecked or mottled: all cotton turtlenecks in your choice… … Universalium
Heather — /hedh euhr/, n. a female given name. * * * or Scotch heather Low evergreen shrub (Calluna vulgaris) of the heath family, widespread in western Europe and Asia, North America, and Greenland. It is the chief vegetation on many wastelands of… … Universalium
Heather vole — Taxobox name = Heather voles fossil range = Early Pleistocene Recent regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Cricetidae subfamilia = Arvicolinae genus = Phenacomys genus authority = Merriam, 1889… … Wikipedia
Heather — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and has two possible sources, the first being a variant of Heath, which is a topographical name for someone who lived on a heath, derived from the Middle English (1200 1500) hethe , from the Old… … Surnames reference
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
heather — UK [ˈheðə(r)] / US [ˈheðər] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms heather : singular heather plural heathers a plant with small purple or white flowers that grows on hills and mountains … English dictionary
heather — [[t]he̱ðə(r)[/t]] N UNCOUNT Heather is a low, spreading plant with small purple, pink, or white flowers that grows wild in Europe on high land with poor soil … English dictionary
