Definition of true heath True heath
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| true heath - any plant of the genus Erica | ||
| erica | ||
| heath a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation | ||
| genus erica large genus of low much-branched woody evergreens ranging from prostrate subshrubs to trees: true heaths | ||
| erica arborea, tree heath, briar, brier evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes | ||
| erica carnea, spring heath, winter heath dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers | ||
| erica cinerea, fine-leaved heath, heather bell, bell heather common low European shrub with purple-red flowers | ||
| cross-leaved heath, erica tetralix, bell heather dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers | ||
| cornish heath, erica vagans bushy shrub having pink to white flowers; common on the moors of Cornwall and in southwestern Europe; cultivated elsewhere | ||
| erica lusitanica, portuguese heath, spanish heath erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in southwestern England | ||
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