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HEATH
heath, heathland
(noun) a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
heath
(noun) a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
heath (countable and uncountable, plural heaths)
A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
Many of the species in the genus Erica
Many of the species in the genus Cassiope
Both species in the genus Daboecia
Any of the species in the genus Epacris, Australian heath
Any of the species in the genus Leucopogon, beard heath
Any of the species in the genus Phyllodoce, mountain heath
(countable) Certain butterflies and moths
The palearctic species of Coenonympha, a genus of brush-footed butterfly
Coenonympha pamphilus, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and Northern Africa, the small heath
Coenonympha tullia, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and North America, the large heath
Melitaea athalia, the heath fritillary
Semiothisa clathrata, a moth known as the latticed heath
Usage notes
• The word heaths may describe multiple disconnected heathlands.
Synonyms
• (shrub): heather
Anagrams
• hathe
Proper noun
Heath
A surname.
A male given name
A village in Derbyshire, England.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Heath is the 660th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 51,877 individuals. Heath is most common among White (80.30%) and Black (14.38%) individuals.
Anagrams
• hathe
Source: Wiktionary
Heath, n. Etym: [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS. h; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh field. sq. root20.]
1. (Bot.) (a) A low shrub (Erica, or Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling. (b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which several are European, and many more are South African, some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage. Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. Milton Heath cock (Zoöl.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse (below).
– Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus Triodia (T. decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
– Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zoöl.), a European grouse (Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heats; -- called also black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl, moor fowl. The male is called, heath cock, and blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
– Heath hen. (Zoöl.) See Heath grouse (above).
– Heath pea (bot.), a species of bitter vetch (Lathyris macrorhizus), the tubers of which are eaten, and in Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
– Heath throstle (Zoöl.), a European thrush which frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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