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ST. DABEOC'S HEATH
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low straggling evergreen shrub of western Europe represented by several varieties with flowers from white to rose-purple
Synonyms:
Connemara heath; Daboecia cantabrica; St. Dabeoc's heath
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("St. Dabeoc's heath" is a kind of...):
heath (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)
Holonyms ("St. Dabeoc's heath" is a member of...):
Daboecia; genus Daboecia (a dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae)