Definition of Heather bell

1. Noun. Common low European shrub with purple-red flowers.

Exact synonyms: Bell Heather, Erica Cinerea, Fine-leaved Heath
Generic synonyms: Erica, True Heath

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heather Bell

heathenishly
heathenishness
heathenism
heathenisms
heathenize
heathenized
heathenizes
heathenizing
heathenly
heathenries
heathenry
heathens
heather
heather-bell
heather-mixture
heather bell (current term)
heather mixture
heathered
heatherlike
heathers
heathery
heathfowl
heathier
heathiest
heathland
heathlands
heathless
heathlike
heaths
heathy

Literary usage of Heather bell

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Queensland Law Journal Reports by W. H. Osborne (1897)
"The plaintiffs alleged that at the time of the collision, a vessel called the heather bell, having two horizontal lights as prescribed by the harbour ..."

2. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1901)
"The action wag by William Horton to recover damages for the wrongful taking possession by the defendant, William Ward, of the steamship heather bell at a ..."

3. The Ayrshire Record by John Davis Williams French, Ayrshire Breeders' Association (1876)
"heather bell. 86. Red and white; calved 1853 ; bred by ANDREW MCFARLANE, ... heather bell. 432. Red and white; calved May 2, 1862; bred by J. LOGAN, ..."

4. Portraits of Celebrated Racehorses of the Past and Present Centuries: In by Thomas Henry Taunton (1888)
"At the end of a quarter of a mile Carita retired, leaving Brigantine with the lead, Morna being second, close up, and heather bell third, ..."

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