A heath (/ hiːθ /) is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high …

: any of a family (Ericaceae, the heath family) of shrubby dicotyledonous and often evergreen plants that thrive on open barren usually acid and ill-drained soil

heath, (genus Erica), genus of about 800 species of low evergreen shrubs of the family Ericaceae. Most heath species are indigenous to South Africa, where they are especially diverse in the …

HEATH meaning: 1. an area of land that is not used for growing crops, where grass and other small plants grow, but…. Learn more.

Dec 21, 2025 · From Middle English heth, heeth, hethe, from Old English hǣþ (“heath, untilled land, waste; heather”), from Proto-West Germanic *haiþi, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī (“heath, …

Definition of heath noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

HEATH definition: a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs. See examples of heath used in a sentence.

HEATH definition: 1. an area of land that is not used for growing crops, where grass and other small plants grow, but…. Learn more.

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