Meaning

6 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)An evergreen plant, Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.

    Besenheide, Heidekraut

    ве́рескvéresk

  2. (countable, uncountable)A plant in the family Ericaceae.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Various species of the genus Erica.

    Heide, Erika

  4. (countable, uncountable)Various species of the genus Cassiope.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The use of interwoven yarns of mixed colours to produce flecks.

    interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color

Examples

355 sentences

  1. The moor was covered with heather.

    ruБолото было покрыто вереском. — fjay69

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  2. Strawberry trees are related to heathers.

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  3. Ziri planted heathers in his garden.

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  4. Ziri's heathers are nice and healthy.

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  5. The heathers formed a compact bush.

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Translations

8 languages
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By meaning 1
plant:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
plant:
various species of the genus Erica:

Origin

From Middle English hather, hathir, from Old English *hǣddre and hǣþ (“heather”), cognate

From Middle English hather, hathir, from Old English *hǣddre and hǣþ (“heather”), cognate with Scots hedder, hadder, heddir (“heather”), Saterland Frisian Heede (“heather”), West Frisian heide (“heather”), Dutch heide (“heather”), German Low German Heide, Heid (“heather”), German Heide (“heather”).

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Forms

plural: heathers

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Calluna vulgaris:lingB2
Close in meaning
  • common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere:lingScots heatherbroomCalluna vulgaris
  • interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color:heather mixture

Word family

18 related words
Relatedheathbriarericaceoushypericummarsh andromedawhortleberry
Derivedbell heatherheather-bellcommon heatherheather aleheather cockheatheredheatherlessheatherlikeheather-mixtureheather voleheatherymock heather

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
heaterB1heathheathenheatingA2heatwaveheave

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