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COMMON HEATH

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Sense 1

Meaning:

Spindly upright shrub of southern Australia and Tasmania having white to rose or purple-red flowers

Synonyms:

common heath; Epacris impressa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("common heath" is a kind of...):

epacris (any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers

Synonyms:

blunt-leaf heath; common heath; Epacris obtusifolia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("common heath" is a kind of...):

epacris (any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers)

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