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BLUNT-LEAF HEATH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blunt-leaf heath mean? 

BLUNT-LEAF HEATH (noun)
  The noun BLUNT-LEAF HEATH has 1 sense:

1. small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowersplay

  Familiarity information: BLUNT-LEAF HEATH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLUNT-LEAF HEATH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blunt-leaf heath; common heath; Epacris obtusifolia

Hypernyms ("blunt-leaf heath" is a kind of...):

epacris (any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers)


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