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1. Heath
   a member of the Ericaceae or heather family. Usually leathery-leaved shrubs preferring acidic or low-nutrient substrates and often tolerant of cold.
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2. Heath
   Low vegetation with shrubs.
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3. heath
   [n] - a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae 2. [n] - (British) a tract of level wasteland
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4. Heath
   Heaths are lowland habitats, generally with a nutrient-poor, acidic soil. The dominant vegetation are heathers and ling.
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5. heath
   an open,uncultivated tract with a sandy or gravelly soil supporting low vegetation(typically coarse grasses and Ericaceae)and occasionally scattered tree growth,particularly Pine Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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6. Heath
   Heath (hēth) noun [ Middle English heth waste land, the plant heath, Anglo-Saxon hǣð ; akin to D. & German heide , Icelandic heiðr waste land, Danish hede , Swedish hed , Goth. haiþi
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7. heath
   1. <botany> A low shrub (Erica, or Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling. Also, any species of the genus Erica, of wh...
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8. heath
   heathland noun a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
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9. Heath
   • (n.) A low shrub (Erica, / Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling. • (n.) Also, any species of the genus Erica, ...
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10. heath
    any of the low evergreen shrubs of the genus Erica, of the family Ericaceae, with about 500 species, most of which are indigenous to South Africa, ... [3 related articles]
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11. Heath
    Heath is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `from the heath` Where is it used? The name Heath is mainly used In English. Heath appears In 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 905.. 1980 was a `top year` for the name Heath. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #246...
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12. Heath
    Heath is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Wasteland ` Where is it used? The name Heath is mainly used In English. Heath appears In 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 905.. 1980 was a `top year` for the name Heath. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #246. The last time Heath appeared among the mo
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13. Heath
    Heath is the common name of many plants of the natural order Ericaceae. Those that belong to the genus Erica have their leaves simple and entire; their flowers oval, cylindrical, or even swelled at the base; the corolla is four-cleft; the stamens eight, terminated by anthers which are usually notche...
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14. heath
    heath, tract of open land characterized by a few scattered trees, abundant moss cover, and numerous low shrubs, principally of the heath family (see heath, in botany). In high-latitude regions with minimal variation in climate, the undershrub vegetation may persist indefinitely on shallow, peaty soi...
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15. heath
    heath, in botany, common name for some members of the Ericaceae, a family of chiefly evergreen shrubs with berry or capsule fruits. Plants of the heath family form the characteristic vegetation of many regions with acid soils, particularly the moors, swamps, and mountain slopes of temperate regions ...
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16. heath
    In botany, any of a group of woody, mostly evergreen shrubs, including heather, many of which have bell-shaped pendant flowers. They are native to Europe, Africa, and North America. (Common Old World genera Erica and Calluna, family Ericaceae.)
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17. Heath
    (disambiguation) `Heath` can mean: Habitats: Plants: Animals: Mammals : Invertebrates: Birds: Places: United Kingdom: United States: Towns and cities: Townships: People: Companies, institutions and organisations: Sport: Court cases: Fiction: Other uses: See also:
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18. Heath
    A `heath` or `heathland` is a dwarf-shrub habitat found on mainly low quality acidic soils, characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, often dominated by plants of the Ericaceae. There is no clear difference between heath and publisher= Oxford University Press |year= 1985|isbn= 0...
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19. Heath
    (musician) , better known by his stage name `Heath`, is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as bassist of the popular heavy metal group X Japan. He joined the group in 1992, replacing Taiji Sawada on bass. Their first release with him was their album Art of Life...
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