heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris
(noun) common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
Source: WordNet® 3.1
heather (countable and uncountable, plural heathers)
(botany) An evergreen plant, Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
(botany) The Ericaceae family.
(botany) Various species of the genus Erica.
(botany) Various species of the genus Cassiope.
A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.
(textiles) The use of interwoven yarns of mixed colours to produce flecks.
• (Calluna vulgaris): ling
heather (not comparable)
Of a purple colour with a tint with pink and blue.
• heareth
Heather (plural Heathers)
A female given name from English.
A surname.
• The given name was popular at the end of the 20th century.
• heareth
Source: Wiktionary
Heath"er (; 277. This is the only pronunciation in Scotland), n. Etym: [See Heath.]
Definition: Heath. [Scot.] Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass, The brighter seem. Longfellow. Heather bell (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and E. cinerea).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
