Cornish heath

Cornish heath
noun
bushy shrub having pink to white flowers; common on the moors of Cornwall and in southwestern Europe; cultivated elsewhere
Syn: ↑Erica vagans
Hypernyms: ↑erica, ↑true heath

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
: a low bushy shrub (Erica vagans) common on the moors of Cornwall and in southwestern Europe and often cultivated elsewhere

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