Heather

ahd-5
  • noun. A low-growing Eurasian shrub (Calluna vulgaris) in the heath family, growing in dense masses and having small evergreen leaves and clusters of small, bell-shaped pinkish-purple flowers.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A grayish purple to purplish red.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Heath: especially applied to Calluna vulgaris, the common heather.
  • noun. The crowberry, Empetrum nigrum.
  • noun. A tweed or similar fabric, usually 56 inches wide, woven of heather-wool, and presenting a color-effect like that of heather. Also called heather mixture.
  • noun. Menziesia pilosa. See Menziesia.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Heath.
  • noun. one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and Erica cinerea).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An evergreen plant, Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
  • noun. The Ericaceae family.
  • noun. Various species of the genus Erica.
  • noun. Various species of the genus Cassiope.
  • noun. A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.
  • adjective. Of a purple colour with a tint with pink and blue.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
  • noun. interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color
  • Word Usage
    "The 'county set' have tailored things made out of fine suiting-cloth in heather shades and stripes."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    color  coloring  colour  colouring  heath  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bramble  brushwood  clover  daisy  fern  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Heath  briar  brier  ling  white heath