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the brier, Erica arborea.[1770-80]
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tree heath
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tree heath — n. BRIER2 (sense 1) … English World dictionary
tree heath — noun 1. evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes • Syn: ↑briar, ↑brier, ↑Erica arborea • Hypernyms: ↑erica, ↑true heath • Part Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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Heath — /heeth/, n. Edward (Richard George), born 1916, British statesman: prime minister 1970 74. * * * ▪ plant any of the low evergreen shrubs of the genus Erica, of the family Ericaceae, with about 500 species, most of which are indigenous to South… … Universalium
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