heather
/ˈheðə(r)/noun
mass noun
1- a purple-flowered Eurasian heath that grows abundantly on moorland and heathland. Many ornamental varieties have been developed.帚石楠。亦称LING.
1.1
- Calluna vulgaris, family Ericaceae (the heather family). This family includes the rhododendrons and azaleas as well as the bilberries and many other berry-bearing dwarf shrubs.拉丁名Calluna Vulgaris,杜鹃花科。该科包括各种杜鹃以及欧洲越橘和其他许多结浆果的低矮灌木。
1.2
- informal any similar plant of this family; a heath〈非正式〉石楠; 欧石楠。
派生词
heathery
adjective词源
Old 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.