heather

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A female given name from the English noun heather. Popular in the end of the 20th century

I don't have no plant, I got a little girl, Rose Rose said, smiling.

Various species of the genus Cassiope
Of a purple colour with a tint with pink and blue
Various species of the genus Erica
A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue

heather colour:.

The Ericaceae family
An evergreen plant, Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers
from the English noun heather
Heather is a low, spreading plant with small purple, pink, or white flowers. Heather grows wild in Europe on high land with poor soil. a low plant with small purple, pink, or white flowers which grows on hills (haddir, hathir (14-18 centuries); influenced by heath). or Scotch heather Low evergreen shrub (Calluna vulgaris) of the heath family, widespread in western Europe and Asia, North America, and Greenland. It is the chief vegetation on many wastelands of northern and western Europe. C. vulgaris is distinguished from true heaths, which are sometimes loosely called heather, by the lobes of its calyx (see flower), which conceal the petals; in true heaths the petals cover the calyx. Scotch heather has purple stems, close-leaved green shoots, and feathery spikes of bell-shaped flowers. It has various economic uses: large stems are made into brooms, shorter ones are tied into bundles that serve as brushes, and long trailing shoots are woven into baskets
Blended fibers combined to create a vari-colored effect; e g heather gray This fabric typically contains 3 fibers: cotton, polyester or rayon When garments or of Ash, Birch, Heather Grey, Steel Grey, Light Steel, etc these colors are NEVER 100% Cotton Another fiber MUST be added with the cotton in order to achieve the necessary color NOTE: If a fabric contains 95% cotton it can be LEGALLY labeled 100% cotton
Heath
A low shrub with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens It is called both heather, and ling Also, a place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage
interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted grayish shades with flecks of color
{i} any of a number of low evergreen shrubs bearing clusters of purple flowers (native to England and Scotland)
common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
A yarn that is spun using pre-dyed fibers These fibers are blended together to give a particular look (For example, black and white may be blended together to create a grey heathered yarn ) The term, heather, may also be used to describe the fabric made from heathered yarns
a purple colour with a tint with pink and blue
heather-bell
a species of heather, native to western and central Europe; erica cinerea; bell heather

The Phoenicians slept under their piled grey rocks; the chimneys of the old mines pointed starkly; early moths blurred the heather-bells; cartwheels could be heard grinding on the road beneath; and the suck and sighing of the waves sounded gently, persistently, for ever.

heather-mixture
a mixture of interwoven yarns that gives a muted appearance with flecks of colour
heather mixture
interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted grayish shades with flecks of color
beach heather
small heathlike plant covered with white down growing on beaches in northeastern North America
bell heather
common low European shrub with purple-red flowers
false heather
North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers
heathers
ericaceae
purple heather
semi-prostrate evergreen herb of western United States
white heather
heath of mountains of western United States having bell-shaped white flowers
heather

    Hyphenation

    heath·er

    Turkish pronunciation

    hedhır

    Synonyms

    ling

    Pronunciation

    /ˈheᴛʜər/ /ˈhɛðɜr/

    Etymology

    [ 'he-[th]&r ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English hather.

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