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SCOTS HEATHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Scots heather mean?
• SCOTS HEATHER (noun)
The noun SCOTS HEATHER has 1 sense:
1. common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
Familiarity information: SCOTS HEATHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
broom; Calluna vulgaris; heather; ling; Scots heather
Hypernyms ("Scots heather" is a kind of...):
heath (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)
Holonyms ("Scots heather" is a member of...):
Calluna; genus Calluna (one species)
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