transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhēth ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English heth, from Old English hǣth; akin to Old High German heida heather, Old Welsh coit forest
Date: before 12th century
1.
a. : a tract of wasteland
b. : an extensive area of rather level open uncultivated land usually with poor coarse soil, inferior drainage, and a surface rich in peat or peaty humus
2.
a. : any of a family (Ericaceae, the heath family) of shrubby dicotyledonous and often evergreen plants that thrive on open barren usually acid and ill-drained soil ; especially : an evergreen subshrub of either of two genera ( Erica and Calluna ) with whorls of needlelike leaves and clusters of small flowers
b. : any of various plants that resemble true heaths
• heath·less -ləs adjective
• heath·like -ˌlīk adjective
• heathy ˈhē-thē adjective