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heath

noun

1
a
: a tract of wasteland
b
: an extensive area of rather level open uncultivated land usually with poor coarse soil, inferior drainage, and a surface rich in peat or peaty humus
2
a
: any of a family (Ericaceae, the heath family) of shrubby dicotyledonous and often evergreen plants that thrive on open barren usually acid and ill-drained soil
especially : an evergreen subshrub of either of two genera (Erica and Calluna) with whorls of needlelike leaves and clusters of small flowers
b
: any of various plants that resemble true heaths
heathless adjective
heathlike adjective
heathy adjective

Example Sentences

not much grows on the heath besides heather drove through a vast, empty heath that seemingly had no end

Word History

Etymology

Middle English heth, from Old English hǣth; akin to Old High German heida heather, Old Welsh coit forest

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of heath was before the 12th century

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