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ST. DABEOC'S HEATH
Dictionary entry overview: What does St. Dabeoc's heath mean?
• ST. DABEOC'S HEATH (noun)
The noun ST. DABEOC'S HEATH has 1 sense:
1. low straggling evergreen shrub of western Europe represented by several varieties with flowers from white to rose-purple
Familiarity information: ST. DABEOC'S HEATH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low straggling evergreen shrub of western Europe represented by several varieties with flowers from white to rose-purple
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Connemara heath; Daboecia cantabrica; St. Dabeoc's heath
Hypernyms ("St. Dabeoc's heath" is a kind of...):
heath (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)
Holonyms ("St. Dabeoc's heath" is a member of...):
Daboecia; genus Daboecia (a dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae)
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