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slovo definícia 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage. [1913 Webster] Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton [1913 Webster] 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 (gcide) Heather \Heath"er\ (h[e^][th]"[~e]r; 277. This is the only pronunciation in Scotland), n. [See Heath.] Heath. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass, The brighter seem. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] Heather bell (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and Erica cinerea). [1913 Webster] 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 slovo definícia 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage. [1913 Webster] Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass, The brighter seem. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] Heather bell (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and Erica cinerea). [1913 Webster] Heather bell (gcide) Heather \Heath"er\ (h[e^][th]"[~e]r; 277. This is the only pronunciation in Scotland), n. [See Heath.] Heath. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass, The brighter seem. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] Heather bell (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and Erica cinerea). [1913 Webster] Heathery (gcide) Heathery \Heath"er*y\ (-[y^]), a. Heathy; abounding in heather; of the nature of heath. [1913 Webster] heathfowl Sheather (gcide) Sheather \Sheath"er\, n. One who sheathes. [1913 Webster] 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}]