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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 flowersplay

2. spindly upright shrub of southern Australia and Tasmania having white to rose or purple-red flowersplay

  Familiarity information: COMMON HEATH used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMON HEATH (noun)


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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