tree heath
tree heath noun: the flowering plant Erica arborea, native to east Africa and the Mediterranean.
Noun
tree heath (countable and uncountable, plural tree heaths)
- The flowering plant Erica arborea, native to east Africa and the Mediterranean.
- Other plants of genus Erica of similar habit
- Erica scoparia (green heath, besom heath, broom heath)
- especially Trochocarpa laurina of Australia and New Zealand.
- Synonyms:
- axebreaker, sandberry, wheel-fruit, waddy wood
- Dracophyllum arboreum (Chatham tree heath)
- Ecological domains characterized by large numbers of such species of ericaceous plants.
Synonyms of tree heath
- axebreaker
- sandberry
- wheel-fruit
- waddy wood
- tree heather
Forms of tree heath
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Words formed from tree heath
- Azores tree heath
- Cape tree heath
- Chatham tree heath
- false Cape tree heath
- mountain tree heath
- Spanish tree heath
- water tree heath
Questions about tree heath
- What does tree heath mean?
- Tree heath means the flowering plant Erica arborea, native to east Africa and the Mediterranean.
- What part of speech is tree heath?
- Tree heath is a noun.
- What is the plural of tree heath?
- The plural of tree heath is tree heaths.
Words near tree heath in the dictionary
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