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MOUNTAIN HEATH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain heath mean?
• MOUNTAIN HEATH (noun)
The noun MOUNTAIN HEATH has 1 sense:
1. small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States
Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN HEATH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Bryanthus taxifolius; mountain heath; Phyllodoce caerulea
Hypernyms ("mountain heath" is a kind of...):
heath (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)
Holonyms ("mountain heath" is a member of...):
genus Phyllodoce; Phyllodoce (small genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubs)
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