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COMMON HEATH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common heath mean?
• COMMON HEATH (noun)
The noun COMMON HEATH has 2 senses:
1. small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers
2. spindly upright shrub of southern Australia and Tasmania having white to rose or purple-red flowers
Familiarity information: COMMON HEATH used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
blunt-leaf heath; common heath; Epacris obtusifolia
Hypernyms ("common heath" is a kind of...):
epacris (any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Spindly upright shrub of southern Australia and Tasmania having white to rose or purple-red flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common heath; Epacris impressa
Hypernyms ("common heath" is a kind of...):
epacris (any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers)
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