bell heather

1. 1.

   dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers

   Synonymscross-leaved heathErica tetralix

   Broadererica
2. 2.

   common low European shrub with purple-red flowers

   Synonymsheather bellfine-leaved heathErica cinerea

   Broadererica

Questions about bell heather

What does bell heather mean?

bell heather means "dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bell heather?

Close synonyms include cross-leaved heath, Erica tetralix, heather bell, fine-leaved heath, Erica cinerea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bell heather a common word?

bell heather is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.