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WHITE HEATHER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heath of mountains of western United States having bell-shaped white flowers
Synonyms:
Cassiope mertensiana; white heather
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("white heather" is a kind of...):
heath (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)
Holonyms ("white heather" is a member of...):
Cassiope; genus Cassiope (low tufted evergreen shrubs of colder parts of north temperate regions having moss-like foliage and nodding white or pink flowers)