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1. (n.) heath
a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs.
2. heath
any of various low-growing shrubs of the genera Erica or Calluna, as heather, common on such land.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE hæmacr;th, c. OS hētha, MHG heide, ON heithr, Go haithi)
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1. (noun) heath
a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
2. (noun) heath, heathland
a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
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1. (noun) heath
a low shrub (Erica, / 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
2. (noun) heath
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
3. (noun) heath
a place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage
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