different between heath vs ericaceous
heath
English
Etymology
From Middle English heeth, heth, hethe, from Old English h?þ (“heath, untilled land, waste; heather”), from Proto-Germanic *haiþ? (“heath, waste, untilled land”), from Proto-Indo-European *kayt- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”). Cognate with Dutch heide (“heath, moorland”), German Heide (“heath, moor”), Norwegian hei (“heath”), Swedish hed (“heath, moorland”), Old Welsh coit (“forest”), Welsh coed (“forest”), Latin b?c?tum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”) -cetum (“place of, grove of”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hi??/
- Rhymes: -i??
Noun
heath (countable and uncountable, plural heaths)
- A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
- ~1602, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, scene I:
- 1. Where the place?/2. Vpon the Heath/3. There to meet with Macbeth
- ~1602, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, scene I:
- Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 258:
- There was nobody living in Jim's old house, and some of the windows was broken; but there was heath growing back and front.
- Many of the species in the genus Erica
- Many of the species in the genus Cassiope
- Both species in the genus Daboecia
- Any of the species in the genus Epacris, Australian heath
- Any of the species in the genus Leucopogon, beard heath
- Any of the species in the genus Phyllodoce, mountain heath
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 258:
- (countable) Certain butterflies and moths
- The palearctic species of Coenonympha, a genus of brush-footed butterfly
- Coenonympha pamphilus, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and Northern Africa, the small heath
- Coenonympha tullia, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and North America, the large heath
- Melitaea athalia, the heath fritillary
- Semiothisa clathrata, a moth known as the latticed heath
- The palearctic species of Coenonympha, a genus of brush-footed butterfly
Usage notes
- The word heaths may describe multiple disconnected heathlands.
Synonyms
- (shrub): heather
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- hathe
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ericaceous
English
Adjective
ericaceous (comparative more ericaceous, superlative most ericaceous)
- (botany) Of or pertaining to the heath family (Ericaceae).
- (especially of a plant) Acid-loving, thriving in acidic conditions.
- Ericaceous plants include camellias, hollies, hydrangeas, and maples as well as members of the Ericaceae.
- acidic, acid-based
- Camellias thrive when fed with an ericaceous fertiliser.
Synonyms
- (acid-loving): calcifugal, calcifugous
See also
- calcifuge
References
- ericaceous at OneLook Dictionary Search
- ericaceous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Ericaceae at APWeb
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