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What does heath mean?

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Noun
  1. A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
  2. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
    1. Many of the species in the genus Erica
    2. Many of the species in the genus Cassiope
    3. Both species in the genus Daboecia
    4. Any of the species in the genus Epacris, Australian heath
    5. Any of the species in the genus Leucopogon, beard heath
    6. Any of the species in the genus Phyllodoce, mountain heath
  3. (countable) Certain butterflies and moths
    1. The palaearctic species of Coenonympha, a genus of brush-footed butterfly
    2. Melitaea athalia, the heath fritillary
    3. Semiothisa clathrata, a moth known as the latticed heath
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These could be interplanted with a bronze-foliaged winter blooming heath to provide pockets of color and shape during the winter season.
Klepp said he stayed in bed so as to ascertain whether his heath was good, middling, or poor.
The white, purple and red flowers of heath bloom in early to late winter in the north except in bitter cold.
Sea heath and sea lavender create a spectacular natural border to the embankment path.
Magnificent displays of bluebells are out just now and the ground vegetation also has an abundance of foxgloves, heath bedstraw and wood sorrel.
A number of butterflies are also present, including marbled white, meadow brown, small heath and small skipper.

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