tree heath
The flowering plant Erica arborea, native to east Africa and the MediterraneanThe flowering plant Erica arborea, native to east Africa and the Mediterranean.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)The flowering plant Erica arborea, native to east Africa and the Mediterranean.
(countable, uncountable)Other plants of genus Erica of similar habit
Other plants of genus Erica of similar habit
(countable, uncountable)Erica scoparia (green heath, besom heath, broom heath)
Similar plants of other genera in family Ericaceae,
(countable, uncountable)Especially Trochocarpa laurina of Australia and New Zealand.
(countable, uncountable)Dracophyllum arboreum (Chatham tree heath)
(uncountable)Ecological domains characterized by large numbers of such species of ericaceous plants.
- evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
- gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long
Forms
plural: tree heaths| Singular | tree heath |
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regular
Synonyms
10 synonyms- evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes:briarbrierErica arborea
- gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long:grass treeRichea pandanifolia
Word family
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