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heath 音標拼音: [h'iθ] n. 石南,石南樹叢 石南,石南樹叢 heath n 1: a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell- shaped pink or purple flowers 2: a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation [ synonym: { heath}, { heathland}] Heath \ Heath\ ( h[= e] th), n. [ OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS. h[= ae][ eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei[ eth] r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[ thorn] i field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh[= e] tra field. [ root] 20.] 1. ( Bot.) ( a) A low shrub ({ Erica vulgaris} or { Calluna vulgaris}), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called { heather}, and { ling}. ( b) Also, any species of the genus { Erica}, of which several are European, and many more are South African, some of great beauty. See Illust. of { Heather}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage. [ 1913 Webster] Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. -- Milton [ 1913 Webster] { Heath cock} ( Zool.), the blackcock. See { Heath grouse} ( below). { Heath grass} ( Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus { Triodia} ({ Triodia decumbens}), growing on dry heaths. { Heath grouse}, or { Heath game} ( Zool.), a European grouse ({ Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heaths; -- called also { black game}, { black grouse}, { heath poult}, { heath fowl}, { moor fowl}. The male is called { heath cock}, and { blackcock}; the female, { heath hen}, and { gray hen}. { Heath hen}. ( Zool.) See { Heath grouse} ( above). { Heath pea} ( Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({ Lathyrus macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in Scotland are used to flavor whisky. { Heath throstle} ( Zool.), a European thrush which frequents heaths; the ring ouzel. [ 1913 Webster] 77 Moby Thesaurus words for " heath": Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, alkali flat, alluvial plain, barren, barren land, barrens, basin, bottomland, brush, bush, bushveld, campo, champaign, champaign country, coastal plain, delta, desert, desolation, down, downs, dust bowl, fell, flat, flat country, flatland, flats, grass veld, grassland, howling wilderness, karroo, lande, level, llano, lowland, lowlands, lunar landscape, lunar mare, lunar waste, mare, mesa, mesilla, moor, moorland, open country, outback, pampa, pampas, peneplain, plain, plains, plateau, playa, prairie, salt flat, salt marsh, salt pan, savanna, sebkha, steppe, table, tableland, tree veld, tundra, upland, vega, veld, waste, wasteland, weald, weary waste, wide- open spaces, wild, wilderness, wilds, woldHeath Heb. ' arar, ( Jer. 17: 6; 48: 6), a species of juniper called by the Arabs by the same name (' arar), the Juniperus sabina or savin. " Its gloomy, stunted appearance, with its scale- like leaves pressed close to its gnarled stem, and cropped close by the wild goats, as it clings to the rocks about Petra, gives great force to the contrast suggested by the prophet, between him that trusteth in man, naked and destitute, and the man that trusteth in the Lord, flourishing as a tree planted by the waters" ( Tristram, Natural History of the Bible). Heath, AL -- U. S. town in Alabama Population ( 2000): 249 Housing Units ( 2000): 138 Land area ( 2000): 0. 910125 sq. miles ( 2. 357213 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 002215 sq. miles ( 0. 005737 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 0. 912340 sq. miles ( 2. 362950 sq. km) FIPS code: 33904 Located within: Alabama ( AL), FIPS 01 Location: 31. 358154 N, 86. 470193 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Heath, AL Heath
Heath, OH -- U. S. city in Ohio Population ( 2000): 8527 Housing Units ( 2000): 3593 Land area ( 2000): 10. 441593 sq. miles ( 27. 043601 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 006585 sq. miles ( 0. 017054 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 10. 448178 sq. miles ( 27. 060655 sq. km) FIPS code: 34748 Located within: Ohio ( OH), FIPS 39 Location: 40. 032047 N, 82. 435652 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): 43056 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Heath, OH Heath
Heath, TX -- U. S. city in Texas Population ( 2000): 4149 Housing Units ( 2000): 1462 Land area ( 2000): 6. 863948 sq. miles ( 17. 777543 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 043722 sq. miles ( 0. 113239 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 6. 907670 sq. miles ( 17. 890782 sq. km) FIPS code: 32984 Located within: Texas ( TX), FIPS 48 Location: 32. 847890 N, 96. 478273 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): 75087 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Heath, TX Heath
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