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CORNISH HEATH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cornish heath mean? 

CORNISH HEATH (noun)
  The noun CORNISH HEATH has 1 sense:

1. bushy shrub having pink to white flowers; common on the moors of Cornwall and in southwestern Europe; cultivated elsewhereplay

  Familiarity information: CORNISH HEATH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CORNISH HEATH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bushy shrub having pink to white flowers; common on the moors of Cornwall and in southwestern Europe; cultivated elsewhere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cornish heath; Erica vagans

Hypernyms ("Cornish heath" is a kind of...):

erica; true heath (any plant of the genus Erica)


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