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WHITE HEATHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does white heather mean?
• WHITE HEATHER (noun)
The noun WHITE HEATHER has 1 sense:
1. heath of mountains of western United States having bell-shaped white flowers
Familiarity information: WHITE HEATHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heath of mountains of western United States having bell-shaped white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cassiope mertensiana; white heather
Hypernyms ("white heather" is a kind of...):
heath (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)
Holonyms ("white heather" is a member of...):
Cassiope; genus Cassiope (low tufted evergreen shrubs of colder parts of north temperate regions having moss-like foliage and nodding white or pink flowers)
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