heath
IPA: hˈiθ
noun
- 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
- Ematurga atomaria, the common heath
- A surname.
- A male given name
- A number of places in the United Kingdom:
- A village in Heath and Holmewood parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4466).
- A hamlet in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3876).
- A hamlet in Abdon and Heath parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5585).
- A suburb of Stourbridge, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO8983).
- A small village in Warmfield cum Heath parish, City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3520).
- A suburb and ward in the City of Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1780).
- (with the definite article) Hampstead Heath, a park in London.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Covington County, Alabama.
- An extinct town in Perry Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
- A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts
- A township in Allegan County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Fergus County, Montana.
- A city in Licking County, Ohio.
- A township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
- A city in Rockwall County and Kaufman County, Texas.
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Examples of "heath" in Sentences
- Formation of the heath landscape.
- God had punished the ungodly heath knight.
- The common name is beard heath or beard heath' .
- These occur on deep yellow sands in heath or mallee heath.
- Heath, cotton grass and reeds covered the land and the riverbank.
- It is adjacent to a part of Hampstead Heath known as the est Heath.
- The blueberry is the fruit of a shrub that belongs to the heath family.
- The sources of these heath streams often lie in idyllic bogs on the heath.
- Broad toothed Rats inhabit the hummock grasslands, wet heath and bog complex.
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