slovodefinícia
heather
(encz)
heather,vřes n: Zdeněk Brož
heather
(encz)
heather,vřesovec n: Zdeněk Brož
heather
(gcide)
Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
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2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
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Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
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Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).

Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.

Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.

Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).

Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.

Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
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Heather
(gcide)
Heather \Heath"er\ (h[e^][th]"[~e]r; 277. This is the only
pronunciation in Scotland), n. [See Heath.]
Heath. [Scot.]
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Gorse and grass
And heather, where his footsteps pass,
The brighter seem. --Longfellow.
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Heather bell (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers
of two European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and
Erica cinerea).
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heather
(wn)
heather
n 1: common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low
evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere [syn:
heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, {Calluna
vulgaris}]
2: interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish
shades with flecks of color [syn: heather mixture,
heather]
podobné slovodefinícia
false heather
(encz)
false heather, n:
golden heather
(encz)
golden heather, n:
heather bell
(encz)
heather bell, n:
heather mixture
(encz)
heather mixture, n:
heathery
(encz)
heathery,vřesový adj: Zdeněk Brož
purple heather
(encz)
purple heather, n:
white heather
(encz)
white heather, n:
Heather
(gcide)
Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
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2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
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Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
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Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).

Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.

Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.

Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).

Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.

Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
[1913 Webster]Heather \Heath"er\ (h[e^][th]"[~e]r; 277. This is the only
pronunciation in Scotland), n. [See Heath.]
Heath. [Scot.]
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Gorse and grass
And heather, where his footsteps pass,
The brighter seem. --Longfellow.
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Heather bell (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers
of two European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and
Erica cinerea).
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Heather bell
(gcide)
Heather \Heath"er\ (h[e^][th]"[~e]r; 277. This is the only
pronunciation in Scotland), n. [See Heath.]
Heath. [Scot.]
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Gorse and grass
And heather, where his footsteps pass,
The brighter seem. --Longfellow.
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Heather bell (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers
of two European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and
Erica cinerea).
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Heathery
(gcide)
Heathery \Heath"er*y\ (-[y^]), a.
Heathy; abounding in heather; of the nature of heath.
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Sheather
(gcide)
Sheather \Sheath"er\, n.
One who sheathes.
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beach heather
(wn)
beach heather
n 1: small heathlike plant covered with white down growing on
beaches in northeastern North America [syn: {beach
heather}, poverty grass, Hudsonia tomentosa]
bell heather
(wn)
bell heather
n 1: dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers [syn:
cross-leaved heath, bell heather, Erica tetralix]
2: common low European shrub with purple-red flowers [syn: {bell
heather}, heather bell, fine-leaved heath, {Erica
cinerea}]