heather
[ heth -er ]
/ ˈhɛð ər /
noun
any of various heaths, especially Calluna vulgaris, of England and Scotland, having small, pinkish-purple flowers.
adjective
(of a yarn or fabric color) subtly flecked or mottled: all-cotton turtlenecks in your choice of five solid colors plus heather gray and heather green.
Origin of heather
1300–50; spelling variant of
hether, earlier
hedder, hadder, hather, Middle English
hathir; akin to
heath
OTHER WORDS FROM heather
heath·ered, adjectiveWords nearby heather
heathen,
heathendom,
heathenish,
heathenism,
heathenize,
heather,
heathery,
heathfowl,
heathy,
heating,
heating degree-day
Definition for heather (2 of 2)
Heather
[ heth -er ]
/ ˈhɛð ər /
noun
a female given name.
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British Dictionary definitions for heather
heather
/ (ˈhɛðə) /
noun
Also called: ling, heath
a low-growing evergreen Eurasian ericaceous shrub, Calluna vulgaris, that grows in dense masses on open ground and has clusters of small bell-shaped typically pinkish-purple flowers
any of certain similar plants
a purplish-red to pinkish-purple colour
adjective
of a heather colour
of or relating to interwoven yarns of mixed colours
heather mixture
Derived forms of heather
heathered, adjective heathery, adjectiveWord Origin for heather
C14: originally Scottish and Northern English, probably from
heath