SPIKE HEATH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spike heath mean? 

• SPIKE HEATH (noun)
  The noun SPIKE HEATH has 1 sense:

1. small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of small bell-shaped flowers

  Familiarity information: SPIKE HEATH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPIKE HEATH (noun)

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Meaning:

Small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of small bell-shaped flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bruckenthalia spiculifolia; spike heath

Hypernyms ("spike heath" is a kind of...):

heath (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)

Holonyms ("spike heath" is a member of...):

Bruckenthalia; genus Bruckenthalia (a genus containing only one species: spike heath)