Definition of Spanish heath

1. Noun. Erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in southwestern England.

Exact synonyms: Erica Lusitanica, Portuguese Heath
Generic synonyms: Erica, True Heath

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spanish Heath

Spanish chestnut
Spanish chestnuts
Spanish dagger
Spanish donkey
Spanish donkeys
Spanish elm
Spanish fever
Spanish flu
Spanish fly
Spanish garlic
Spanish gorse
Spanish green
Spanish grunt
Spanish guitar
Spanish ham
Spanish heath
Spanish influenza
Spanish iris
Spanish lime
Spanish lime tree
Spanish mackerel
Spanish monetary unit
Spanish moss
Spanish oak
Spanish omelet
Spanish omelets
Spanish omelette
Spanish omelettes
Spanish onion
Spanish oyster plant

Literary usage of Spanish heath

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

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"spanish heath. Branches tomentose - pubescent: Ivs. glabrous and ovary glabrous: fls. pale rose, in broad panicles. W.Eu. BR1698. GCII.7:463; III. ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"spanish heath. Branches tomentose- pubescent : Ivs. glabrous and ovary glabrous. W, EU. BR 20:1(¡98. GC II. ..."

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