heath

noun

• 1an area of open uncultivated land, especially in Britain, with characteristic vegetation of heather, gorse, and coarse grasses.
• Ecology vegetation dominated by dwarf shrubs of the heath family: [as modifier]:heath vegetation

• 2a dwarf shrub with small leathery leaves and small pink or purple bell-shaped flowers, characteristic of heathland and moorland.

  • Erica and related genera, family Ericaceae (the heath family): many species, including the common European cross-leaved heath (E. tetralix)