1. имя существительное 1) пустошь; участок земли, поросший вереском, низким кустарником, невысокой травой Синоним(ы): moor 2) [ботаника] любое растение семейства вересковых 2. имя существительное покрывать вереском
noun Etymology: Middle English heth, from Old English hǣth; akin to Old High German heida heather, Old Welsh coit forest 1. a. a tract of wasteland b. an extensive area of rather level open uncultivated land usually with poor coarse soil, inferior drainage, and a surface rich in peat or peaty humus 2. a. any of a family (Ericaceae, the heath family) of shrubby dicotyledonous and often evergreen plants that thrive on open barren usually acid and ill-drained soil; especially an evergreen subshrub of either of two genera (Erica and Calluna) with whorls of needlelike leaves and clusters of small flowers b. any of various plants that resemble true heaths • heathless adjective • heathlike adjective • heathy adjective
biographical name Edward 1916- British prime minister (1970-74)