Heather synonyms

hĕth'ər

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maureen (related)
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hazel (related)
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broom
An implement used for sweeping, usually consisting of a bunch of twigs, straw, or bristles bound together and attached to a stick or handle.
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alison (related)
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Calluna vulgaris
common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
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lesley (related)
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lorna (related)
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carole (related)
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isobel (related)
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jenny (related)
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linda (related)
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jill (related)
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rosemary (related)
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moira (related)
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pam (related)
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sally (related)
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heather-mixture
A mixture of interwoven yarns that gives a muted appearance with flecks of colour
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ling
Short for common ling, Molva molva.
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Scots heather
common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
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carolyn (related)
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bryony (related)
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heath (related)
Any of various usually low-growing shrubs of the genus Erica and other genera of the heath family, native to Europe and South Africa and having small evergreen leaves and small, colorful, urn-shaped flowers.
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Find another word for heather. In this page you can discover 22 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for heather, like: maureen, hazel, broom, alison, Calluna vulgaris, lesley, lorna, carole, isobel, jenny and linda.
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Heather Sentence Examples

  • The soil is quartz sand and is chiefly covered with heather and brushwood.

  • Five well-contrasted types of scenery in Derbyshire are clearly traceable to as many varieties of rock; the bleak dry uplands of the north and east, with deep-cut ravines and swift clear streams, are due to the great mass of Mountain Limestone; round the limestone boundary are the valleys with soft outlines in the Pendleside Shales; these are succeeded by the rugged moorlands, covered with heather and peat, which are due to the Millstone Grit series; eastward lies the Derbyshire Coalfield with its gently moulded grasscovered hills; southward is the more level tract of red Triassic rocks.

  • Heather covers large tracts, and also affords pasture for sheep. The development of forest trees is insignificant.

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