English Explanatory Dictionary

tree heath

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The flowering plant Erica arborea, native to east Africa and the Mediterranean.
  2. Other plants of genus Erica of similar habit
  3. Erica scoparia (green heath, besom heath, broom heath)
  4. Similar plants of other genera in family Ericaceae,
  5. especially Trochocarpa laurina of Australia and New Zealand.
  6. Dracophyllum arboreum (Chatham tree heath)
  7. Ecological domains characterized by large numbers of such species of ericaceous plants.

Word forms

tree heath tree heaths

Synonyms

tree heather axebreaker sandberry wheel-fruit waddy wood

Related words

briarwood

Derived words

Azores tree heath Cape tree heath Chatham tree heath false Cape tree heath mountain tree heath Spanish tree heath water tree heath
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