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Definitions for Heather

[1] any of various heaths, especially Calluna vulgaris, of England and Scotland, having small, pinkish-purple flowers.
[2] (of a yarn or fabric color) subtly flecked or mottled: all-cotton turtlenecks in your choice of five solid colors plus heather gray and heather green.
[3] a female given name.
[4] Also called: ling , heath a low-growing evergreen Eurasian ericaceous shrub, Calluna vulgaris, that grows in dense masses on open ground and has clusters of small bell-shaped typically pinkish-purple flowers
[5] any of certain similar plants
[6] a purplish-red to pinkish-purple colour
[7] of a heather colour
[8] of or relating to interwoven yarns of mixed colours heather mixture

Words related to Heather

dusty, drab, grey, silvery, stone, lead, slate, neutral, pearly, powder, iron, dappled, shaded, clouded, ash, silvered, Dove, oyster, ashen, dingy

Words nearby Heather

heathen, heathendom, heathenish, heathenism, heathenize, heather, heathery, heathfowl, heathy, heating, heating degree-day

Origin of Heather

1300–50; spelling variant of hether, earlier hedder, hadder, hather, Middle English hathir; akin to heath

Other words from Heather

heath·ered , adjective

Word origin for Heather

C14: originally Scottish and Northern English, probably from heath

Synonyms for Heather

drab, dusty, grey, silvery, Dove, ash, clouded, dappled, iron, lead, neutral, oyster, pearly, powder, shaded, silvered, slate, stone, ashen, cinereal, dingy, dusky, leaden, livid, mousy, peppery, sere, smoky, somber