tree heath

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tree heath (Erica arborea, with white flowers)

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tree heath (countable and uncountable, plural tree heaths)

  1. The flowering plant Erica arborea, native to east Africa and the Mediterranean.
  2. Other plants of genus Erica of similar habit
    1. Erica scoparia (green heath, besom heath, broom heath)
  3. Similar plants of other genera in family Ericaceae,
    1. especially Trochocarpa laurina of Australia and New Zealand.
      Synonyms: axebreaker, sandberry, wheel-fruit, waddy wood
    2. Dracophyllum arboreum (Chatham tree heath)
  4. (uncountable) Ecological domains characterized by large numbers of such species of ericaceous plants.

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