heath

Meaning

1. A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
2. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
3. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
4. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
5. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
6. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
7. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
8. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
9. Any butterfly or moth of species:
10. Any butterfly or moth of species:
11. Any butterfly or moth of species:
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13. Any butterfly or moth of species:

Synonyms

moor

heather

heathland

wasteland

wetland

bog

fen

marsh

marshland

morass

moorland

quag

quagmire

swamp

grass tree

briar

brier

broom

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field

ling

wilderness

wold

Ericaceae

Scots heather

badlands

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hiːθ/

Etymology

From Middle English heeth, heth, hethe, from Old English hǣþ (“heath, untilled land, waste; heather”), from Proto-West Germanic *haiþi, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī (“heath, waste, untilled land”), from Proto-Indo-European *kayt- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”). Cognate with Dutch heide (“heath, moorland”), German Heide (“heath, moor”), Norwegian hei (“heath”), Swedish hed (“heath, moorland”), Old Welsh coit (“forest”), Welsh coed (“forest”), Latin būcētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”) -cetum (“place of, grove of”).