Dictionary
heath
Pronunciation: (hēth), [key]—
n.
1. a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs.
2. any of various low-growing evergreen shrubs common on such land, as the common heather,
Calluna vulgaris.
3. any plant of the genus
Erica, or of the family Ericaceae. Cf.
heath family.Heath
Pronunciation: (hēth), [key]—
n.
Edward (Richard George), born 1916, British statesman: prime minister 1970–74.
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