MOUNTAIN HEATH

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Meaning:

Small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States

Synonyms:

Bryanthus taxifolius; mountain heath; Phyllodoce caerulea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mountain heath" is a kind of...):

heath (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)

Holonyms ("mountain heath" is a member of...):

genus Phyllodoce; Phyllodoce (small genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubs)

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