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heath·er

   [heth-er]
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.

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Origin:
1300–50; spelling variant of hether, earlier hedder, hadder, hather, Middle English hathir; akin to heath

Related forms
heath·ered, adjective
Example Sentences
  • Heather rounded up reader recommendations for strategies for keeping up with job applications.
  • If you were lucky, there was a good bright day, and close-burned heather to run on.
  • Heather is lonely since she hates the new members of her step-family.
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Heath·er

   [heth-er]
noun
a female given name.
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heather (ˈhɛðə)
 
—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 heath]
 
'heathered
 
—adj
 
'heathery
 
—adj

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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.
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