heath

1. is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
   subtypes:

   • erica, true heath - any plant of the genus Erica
   • bruckenthalia spiculifolia, spike heath - small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
   • broom, calluna vulgaris, heather, ling, scots heather - common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
   • cassiope mertensiana, white heather - heath of mountains of western United States having bell-shaped white flowers
   • connemara heath, daboecia cantabrica, st. dabeoc's heath - low straggling evergreen shrub of western Europe represented by several varieties with flowers from white to rose-purple
   • bryanthus taxifolius, mountain heath, phyllodoce caerulea - small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States
   • brewer's mountain heather, phyllodoce breweri, purple heather - semi-prostrate evergreen herb of western United States
   belongs to: ericaceae, family ericaceae, heath family - heathers
2. domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
   is a type of: barren, waste, wasteland - an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
   same as: heathland

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