heather
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ər noun
1.
any of various heaths, especially 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; spelling variant of hether, earlier hedder, hadder, hather, Middle English hathir; akin to heath
1300–50; spelling variant of hether, earlier hedder, hadder, hather, Middle English hathir; akin to heath
Related forms
heath·ered, adjective
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noun
a female given name.
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| —n | |
| 1. | ling, Also called: heath a low-growing evergreen Eurasian ericaceous shrub, Calluna vulgaris, that grows in dense masses on open ground and has clusters of small bell-shaped typically pinkish-purple flowers |
| 2. | any of certain similar plants |
| 3. | a purplish-red to pinkish-purple colour |
| —adj | |
| 4. | of a heather colour |
| 5. | of or relating to interwoven yarns of mixed colours: heather mixture |
| [C14: originally Scottish and Northern English, probably from | |
| 'heathered | |
| —adj | |
| 'heathery | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
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.
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Example sentences from the web
Bracken is particularly abundant on the island, with heather growing in some other parts.
I found you weak as the mountain heather bending before the gentle breeze.
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