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PORTUGUESE HEATH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Portuguese heath mean?
• PORTUGUESE HEATH (noun)
The noun PORTUGUESE HEATH has 1 sense:
1. erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in southwestern England
Familiarity information: PORTUGUESE HEATH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in southwestern England
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Erica lusitanica; Portuguese heath; Spanish heath
Hypernyms ("Portuguese heath" is a kind of...):
erica; true heath (any plant of the genus Erica)
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