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
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
