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PURPLE HEATHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does purple heather mean?
• PURPLE HEATHER (noun)
The noun PURPLE HEATHER has 1 sense:
1. semi-prostrate evergreen herb of western United States
Familiarity information: PURPLE HEATHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Semi-prostrate evergreen herb of western United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Brewer's mountain heather; Phyllodoce breweri; purple heather
Hypernyms ("purple heather" is a kind of...):
heath (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)
Holonyms ("purple heather" is a member of...):
genus Phyllodoce; Phyllodoce (small genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubs)
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