heath·er
noun/ˈheðə(r)/
/ˈheðər/
[uncountable]- a low wild plant with small purple, pink or white flowers, that grows on hills and areas of wild open land (= moorland and heathland)
一种低矮的野生植物，开有紫色、粉色或白色的小花，生长在山丘和野生开阔地（=沼泽地和荒地）上 Word OriginOld English hadre, hedre (recorded in place names), of unknown origin. The word was chiefly Scots until the 16th cent.; the change in the first syllable in the 18th cent. was due to association with heath.