Erica cinerea

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Erica cinerea
    n 1: common low European shrub with purple-red flowers [syn:
         {bell heather}, {heather bell}, {fine-leaved heath}, {Erica
         cinerea}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Heather \Heath"er\ (h[e^][th]"[~e]r; 277. This is the only
   pronunciation in Scotland), n. [See {Heath}.]
   Heath. [Scot.]
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         Gorse and grass
         And heather, where his footsteps pass,
         The brighter seem.                       --Longfellow.
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   {Heather bell} (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers
      of two European kinds of heather ({Erica Tetralix}, and
      {Erica cinerea}).
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