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FALSE HEATHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does false heather mean?
• FALSE HEATHER (noun)
The noun FALSE HEATHER has 1 sense:
1. North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers
Familiarity information: FALSE HEATHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
false heather; golden heather; Hudsonia ericoides
Hypernyms ("false heather" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("false heather" is a member of...):
genus Hudsonia; Hudsonia (small evergreen subshrubs of North America)
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