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Definition of Mountain heath
1. Noun. Small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States.
Generic synonyms: Heath
Group relationships: Genus Phyllodoce, Phyllodoce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountain Heath
Literary usage of Mountain heath
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Four Years Among Spanish-Americans by Friedrich Hassaurek (1868)
"Descent from the mountain heath.—Reappearance of Vegetation. — The Village of Mocha.
AFTER passing the river of Guaranda, over which, in 1863, ..."
2. The Field Sports of France: Being a Practical View of Hunting, Shooting and by Roderic O'Connor (1847)
"... I'll curse him for a tease, I'll tear away, throughout the day, And lie amongst
the fleas, For there's nae lass in Inverness , In mountain, heath, ..."
3. Mountain Wild Flowers of America: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names by Julia W. Henshaw (1906)
"... The beautiful white mountain Heath grows abundantly at high altitudes and is
much prized by travellers. Its branches appear four-sided by reason of the ..."
4. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1854)
"... mountain heath is the badge of the clan M'Donnel, in Scotland ; and that of
the clan M'Al- ..."
5. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1852)
"... on the mountain heath, I see the castles all beneath; Here first the morning
sunlight gleams, The latest here at evening beams! ..."
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