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語源

From 中期英語 hather, hathir, from 古期英語 *hǣddre and hǣþ (“heather”), cognate with Scots hedder, hadder, heddir (“heather”), Saterland Frisian Heede (“heather”), West Frisian heide (“heather”), Dutch heide (“heather”), German Low German Heide, Heid (“heather”), German Heide (“heather”).

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈhɛðɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhɛðə/
• IPA: (obsolete) /ˈhiːðəɹ/
• 韻: -ɛðə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: heath‧er

名詞

heather (countable and uncountable, plural heathers)

1. An evergreen plant, Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
   • 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:

     The cutting sides were gay with heather in bloom, and masses of dainty Scots bluebells, while patches of clear sky overhead were bringing life and colour to the sea.

2. A plant in the family Ericaceae.
3. Various species of the genus Erica.
4. Various species of the genus Cassiope.
5. A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.

   heather:  

6. (textiles) The use of interwoven yarns of mixed colours to produce flecks.

同意語

• (Calluna vulgaris): ling

派生語

関連する語

• heath

参考

• Appendix:Colors

形容詞

heather (not comparable)

1. Of a purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.

参照

Further reading

• heather on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ericaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ericaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

アナグラム

• heareth