common heath

1. 1.

   small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers

   Synonymsblunt-leaf heathEpacris obtusifolia

   Broaderepacris
2. 2.

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

   SynonymsEpacris impressa

   Broaderepacris

Questions about common heath

What does common heath mean?

common heath means "small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for common heath?

Close synonyms include blunt-leaf heath, Epacris obtusifolia, Epacris impressa. 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 common heath a common word?

common heath 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.