tree heath

Questions about tree heath

What does tree heath mean?

tree heath means "gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for tree heath?

Close synonyms include grass tree, Richea pandanifolia, briar, brier, Erica arborea. 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 tree heath a common word?

tree 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.