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(heaths) A heath is an area of open land covered with rough grass or heather and with very few trees or bushes. (BRIT) N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English heth, from Old English h?th; akin to Old High German heida ~er, Old Welsh coit forest Date: before 12th century 1. a. a tract of wasteland b. an extensive area of rather level open uncultivated land usually with poor coarse soil, inferior drainage, and a surface rich in peat or peaty humus 2. a. any of a family (Ericaceae, the ~ family) of shrubby dicotyledonous and often evergreen plants that thrive on open barren usually acid and ill-drained soil; especially an evergreen subshrub of either of two genera (Erica and Calluna) with whorls of needlelike leaves and clusters of small flowers b. any of various plants that resemble true ~s • ~less adjective • ~like adjective • ~y adjective HEATH biographical name Edward 1916- British prime minister (1970-74) ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 an area of flattish uncultivated land with low shrubs. 2 a plant growing on a heath, esp. of the genus Erica or Calluna (e.g. heather). Derivatives heathless adj. heathlike adj. heathy adj. Etymology: OE h{aelig}th f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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бот. 1) эрика (Erica) 2) верещатник – besom heath – fine-leaved heath – fringed heath – Irish heath – sand heath – sea heath – spike heath – spring heath ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. пустошь, болотистая местность, поросшая вереском 2. бот. вереск (Calluna gen., Erica gen.) Id: one's native heath —- родина, родные края ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. hжр "tract of wasteland," earlier "heather," infl. by O.N. heidhr "field," from P.Gmc. *khaithijo, from PIE *kait- "open, unplowed country." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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