HyperDic: mountain_heath

English > 1 sense of the expression mountain heath:
NOUNplantmountain heath, Phyllodoce caerulea, Bryanthus taxifoliussmall shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers
English > mountain heath: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States.
SynonymsPhyllodoce caerulea, Bryanthus taxifolius
Member ofPhyllodoce, genus Phyllodocesmall genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubs
BroaderheathA low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae

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