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prickly heath

prickly heath noun: a shrub, Gaultheria mucronata, native to southern South America.

prickly heath: a shrub, Gaultheria mucronata, native to southern South America
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Noun

prickly heath (plural prickly heaths)

  1. A shrub, Gaultheria mucronata, native to southern South America.
  2. A shrub, Leptecophylla juniperina, native to Australia and New Zealand.

Forms of prickly heath

pluralprickly heaths

Questions about prickly heath

What does prickly heath mean?
Prickly heath means a shrub, Gaultheria mucronata, native to southern South America.
What part of speech is prickly heath?
Prickly heath is a noun.
What is the plural of prickly heath?
The plural of prickly heath is prickly heaths.

Words near prickly heath in the dictionary

  1. prickly ashes
  2. prickly chaff flower
  3. prickly hakea
  4. prickly hakeas
  5. prickly heat
  6. prickly heath
  7. prickly hornwort
  8. prickly lettuce
  9. prickly lettuces
  10. prickly nightshade
  11. prickly oak

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