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heath⋅er

[heth-er]
–noun
1. any of various heaths, esp. Calluna vulgaris, of England and Scotland, having small, pinkish-purple flowers.
–adjective
2. (of a yarn or fabric color) subtly flecked or mottled: all-cotton turtlenecks in your choice of five solid colors plus heather gray and heather green.

Origin:
1300–50; sp. var. of hether, earlier hedder, hadder, hather, ME hathir; akin to heath


heathered, adjective

Heath⋅er

[heth-er]
–noun
a female given name.
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heather 
1335, hathir, from O.E. *hæddre, Scot. or northern England dial. name for Calluna vulgaris, probably altered by heath, but exact connection to that word uncertain.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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