Heather (h&ebreve_;&thlig_;&etilde_;r; 277. This is the only pronunciation in Scotland), n. [See Heath.] Heath. [Scot.]
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Gorse and grass
And heather, where his footsteps pass,
The brighter seem. Longfellow.
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Heather bell (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and Erica cinerea).
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