heath

noun

1. A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.

2. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.

3. Many of the species in the genus Erica

4. Many of the species in the genus Cassiope

5. Both species in the genus Daboecia

6. Any of the species in the genus Epacris, Australian heath

7. Any of the species in the genus Leucopogon, beard heath

8. Any of the species in the genus Phyllodoce, mountain heath

9. Certain butterflies and moths

10. The palearctic species of Coenonympha, a genus of brush-footed butterfly

11. Coenonympha pamphilus, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and Northern Africa, the small heath

12. Coenonympha tullia, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and North America, the large heath

13. Melitaea athalia, the heath fritillary

14. Semiothisa clathrata, a moth known as the latticed heath