cross-leaved heath

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   dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers

   Synonymsbell heatherErica tetralix

   Broadererica

Questions about cross-leaved heath

What does cross-leaved heath mean?

cross-leaved heath means "dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers".

What is another word for cross-leaved heath?

Close synonyms include bell heather, Erica tetralix. 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 cross-leaved heath a common word?

cross-leaved heath is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.