Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various usually low-growing shrubs of the genus Erica and other genera of the heath family, native to Europe and South Africa and having small evergreen leaves and small, colorful, urn-shaped flowers.
- noun An extensive tract of uncultivated open land covered with herbage and low shrubs; a moor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Tasmania, the popular name for several species of the genus Epacris, especially E. impressa, a beautiful slender shrub bearing white or red axillary flowers. See
Epacris . - noun Open, uncultivated land; a desert tract of land; specifically, in Great Britain, an uncultivated tract of heathy or shrubby land, usually of a desolate character.
- noun A plant of the genus Erica, or, by extension, of the genus Calluna; any plant of the family Ericaceæ, called by Lindley heathworts.
- noun One of several small butterflies of different genera. The large heath is Erinephile tithonus; the small, Cænonympha pamphilus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A low shrub (
Erica vulgaris orCalluna vulgaris ), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also calledheather , andling . - noun Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which several are European, and many more are South African, some of great beauty. See
Illust. ofheather . - noun A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
- noun (Zoöl.) the blackcock. See Heath grouse (below).
- noun (Bot.) a kind of perennial grass, of the genus Triodia (
Triodia decumbens ), growing on dry heaths. - noun (Zoöl.) a European grouse (
Tetrao tetrix ), which inhabits heaths; -- called alsoblack game ,black grouse ,heath poult ,heath fowl ,moor fowl . The male is calledheath cock , andblackcock ; the female,heath hen , andgray hen . - noun (Zoöl.) See Heath grouse (above).
- noun (Bot.) a species of bitter vetch (
Lathyrus macrorhizus ), the tubers of which are eaten, and in Scotland are used to flavor whisky. - noun (Zoöl.) a European thrush which frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any small
evergreen shrub of thegenus Erica . - noun A
tract oflevel uncultivated land withsandy soil andscrubby vegetation ;heathland .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
- noun a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The vet says the puppy will recover but he cannot guarantee her long term heath which is of great concern to me.
unknown title 2009
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Winter and the other seasons exist due to the inclination of the Earth toward it's axis of rotation/translation (can't recall exactly which one now), which makes portions of the Earth get more heath from the Sun during aproximately 3 months (Summer) of the year and then get less heath fromanother 3 months (Winter) with two transitory phases in between those two (Spring and Fall).
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Long-term heath outcomes"It is much more important to prevent the product from going into the marketplace than it is to recall it after it's been there," said Pat Buck, who founded the Center for Foodborne Illness, Research and Prevention in 2006.
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Give up State taxpayer health cover plan for elector officers therby even the playing field in heath care.
Pawlenty wades into national issue, takes swipe at potential rival 2009
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While the republicans are doing cartwheels over the lack of competition for their health insurance cronies, no pubic option in heath insurance will grow the national debt much quicker.
Public option may be dropped from final health care bill 2009
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The more important questions about the potential for long-term heath effects due to exposure to dispersants, such as cancer and nervous system disorders, have not been addressed, although the EPA says it is doing further testing.
Georgianne Nienaber: Does EPA Test for Endocrine Disruptors in Corexit Tell Us Anything? 2010
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The most important questions about the potential for long-term heath effects due to exposure to dispersants, such as cancer and nervous system disorders, have not been addressed, although the EPA says it is doing further testing.
Georgianne Nienaber: EPA, Coast Guard, and BP PR Tied to Airborne Corexit Denials 2010
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The most important questions about the potential for long-term heath effects due to exposure to dispersants, such as cancer and nervous system disorders, have not been addressed, although the EPA says it is doing further testing.
Georgianne Nienaber: EPA, Coast Guard, and BP PR Tied to Airborne Corexit Denials Georgianne Nienaber 2010
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The most important questions about the potential for long-term heath effects due to exposure to dispersants, such as cancer and nervous system disorders, have not been addressed, although the EPA says it is doing further testing.
Georgianne Nienaber: EPA, Coast Guard, and BP PR Tied to Airborne Corexit Denials 2010
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The more important questions about the potential for long-term heath effects due to exposure to dispersants, such as cancer and nervous system disorders, have not been addressed, although the EPA says it is doing further testing.
Georgianne Nienaber: Does EPA Test for Endocrine Disruptors in Corexit Tell Us Anything? 2010
vendingmachine commented on the word heath
"Not all human intervention has been as successful, however. For example, the degradation of brown earths under heath in western France is not a natural feature but the product of human clearance and grazing practices."
January 17, 2021