heath·er /ˈhɛðɚ/
石南花(a.)似石南的,雜色的
Heath·er n. Heath. [Scot.]
Gorse and grass
And heather, where his footsteps pass,
The brighter seem. --Longfellow.
Heather bell Bot., one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and Erica cinerea).
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heather
n 1: common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low
evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere [syn:
ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris]
2: interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted grayish
shades with flecks of color [syn: heather mixture]