HyperDic: purple_heather

English > 1 sense of the expression purple heather:
NOUNplantpurple heather, Brewer's mountain heather, Phyllodoce brewerisemi-prostrate evergreen herb of western United States
English > purple heather: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsemi-prostrate evergreen herb of western United States.
SynonymsBrewer's mountain heather, Phyllodoce breweri
Member ofPhyllodoce, genus Phyllodocesmall genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubs
BroaderheathA low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae

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