PORTUGUESE HEATH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in southwestern England

Synonyms:

Erica lusitanica; Portuguese heath; Spanish heath

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Nouns denoting plants

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

erica; true heath (any plant of the genus Erica)

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