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bell heather

noun

  1. a European heath, Erica cinerea, having prostrate branches with terminal clusters of red flowers.


bell heather

noun

  1. an ericaceous shrub, Erica cinerea See heath
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

The secluded patch of ground is now a summery enclosure of pink, purple and yellow, with bell heather, ling and gorse flowers; rowans are laden in scarlet berries and stunted brambles creep across the banks.

Inland, when gorse and bell heather flower in unison, the island is a blaze of yellow, pink and violet.

From Time

She was still tying up the little pink bundles of "bell heather," but her face was held down, and there was a little conscious flush upon her cheek.

White Bell Heather transplanted.—Is it generally known that white bell heather becomes pink on being transplanted from its native hills into a garden?

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