'Heath' definitions:

Definition of 'heath'

From: WordNet
noun
A low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
noun
A tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation [syn: heath, heathland]

Definition of 'Heath'

From: GCIDE
  • Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
  • 1. (Bot.) (a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling. (b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which several are European, and many more are South African, some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage. [1913 Webster]
  • Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton [1913 Webster]
  • Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse (below).
  • Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
  • Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse (Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl, moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
  • Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).
  • Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
  • Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents heaths; the ring ouzel. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Heath'

From: Easton
  • Heath Heb. 'arar, (Jer. 17:6; 48:6), a species of juniper called by the Arabs by the same name ('arar), the Juniperus sabina or savin. "Its gloomy, stunted appearance, with its scale-like leaves pressed close to its gnarled stem, and cropped close by the wild goats, as it clings to the rocks about Petra, gives great force to the contrast suggested by the prophet, between him that trusteth in man, naked and destitute, and the man that trusteth in the Lord, flourishing as a tree planted by the waters" (Tristram, Natural History of the Bible).

Synonyms of 'heath'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Heath, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Heath, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
Population (2000) :
249
Housing Units (2000) :
138
Land area (2000) :
0.910125 sq. miles (2.357213 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.002215 sq. miles (0.005737 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.912340 sq. miles (2.362950 sq. km)
FIPS code :
33904
Located within :
Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location :
31.358154 N, 86.470193 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Heath, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Heath, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio
Population (2000) :
8527
Housing Units (2000) :
3593
Land area (2000) :
10.441593 sq. miles (27.043601 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.006585 sq. miles (0.017054 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
10.448178 sq. miles (27.060655 sq. km)
FIPS code :
34748
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
40.032047 N, 82.435652 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
43056
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Heath, TX -- U.S. city in Texas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Heath, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000) :
4149
Housing Units (2000) :
1462
Land area (2000) :
6.863948 sq. miles (17.777543 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.043722 sq. miles (0.113239 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
6.907670 sq. miles (17.890782 sq. km)
FIPS code :
32984
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
32.847890 N, 96.478273 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
75087
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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