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 Definitions of Heather  [ˈhɛð ər]  

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Definition of 'Heather' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) heather
any of various heaths, esp. Calluna vulgaris, of England and Scotland, having small pinkish purple flowers.

2. (adj.) heather
(of a yarn or fabric color) subtly flecked or mottled:
all-cotton turtlenecks in your choice of five solid colors plus heather gray and heather green.

Etymology:  (1300–50; sp. var. of hether, earlier hedder, hadder, hather, ME hathir; akin to heath)

Definition of 'Heather' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris
common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

2. (noun) heather mixture, heather
interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color


Definition of 'Heather' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Heather
heath


Translation of 'Heather' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a plant with small purple or white flowers growing eg in hilly parts of Britain.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: heide Arabic flag Arabic: نبات الخَلَنْج Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: пирен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: urze Czech flag Czech: vřes German flag German: das Heidekraut
Danish flag Danish: lyng Greek flag Greek: ρείκι Spanish flag Spanish: brezo
Estonian flag Estonian: kanarbik Farsi flag Farsi: خلنگ Finnish flag Finnish: kanerva
French flag French: bruyère Hebrew flag Hebrew: אָברָש Hindi flag Hindi: फूलों वाली झाड़ी
Croatian flag Croatian: vrijesak Hungarian flag Hungarian: hanga Indonesian flag Indonesian: nama tumbuhan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: beitilyng Italian flag Italian: erica Japanese flag Japanese: ヒース
Korean flag Korean: 각종 히스의 총칭 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: viržis Latvian flag Latvian: virši
Malay flag Malay: heather Dutch flag Dutch: heide Norwegian flag Norwegian: lyng
Polish flag Polish: wrzos Persian flag Persian: خلنگ Pashto flag Pashto: يو ډول بوټى چه هميشه شين
Portuguese flag Portuguese: queiró Romanian flag Romanian: iarbă neagră, buruiană Russian flag Russian: вереск
Slovak flag Slovak: vres,šedivník Slovenian flag Slovenian: vresje Serbian flag Serbian: vres
Swedish flag Swedish: ljung Thai flag Thai: ต้นเฮเธอร์ Turkish flag Turkish: süpürge otu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 石楠 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: верес Urdu flag Urdu: برطانیہ کے پہاڑی علاقوں ا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cây thạch thảo Chinese flag Chinese: 石楠属植物

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