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COMMON HEATH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spindly upright shrub of southern Australia and Tasmania having white to rose or purple-red flowers
Synonyms:
common heath; Epacris impressa
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("common heath" is a kind of...):
epacris (any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers
Synonyms:
blunt-leaf heath; common heath; Epacris obtusifolia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("common heath" is a kind of...):
epacris (any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers)