CALLUNA

Meaning of CALLUNA in English

n. any common heather of the genus Calluna, native to Europe and N. Africa.

Etymology: mod.L f. Gk kalluno beautify f. kallos beauty

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

CALLUNA — kəˈl(y)ünə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek kallynein to beautify, sweep clean, from kallos beauty; from its …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CALLUNA — n. any common heather of the genus Calluna, native to Europe and N. Africa. [mod.L f. Gk kalluno beautify f. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CALLUNA — n. any common heather of the genus Calluna, native to Europe and n. Africa. [ mod.L f. Gk kalluno beautify …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CALLUNA — Обыкновенный вереск
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HEATHER — or Scotch heather Low evergreen shrub ( Calluna vulgaris ) of the heath family , widespread in western Europe and …
Английский словарь Британика
LING — I. ˈliŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English linge, lenge; akin to Dutch leng ling, German länge, Old Norse …
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HEATHER — I. ˈhethə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) hather, hadder, probably modification of heth, heeth heath, heather …
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SCOTCH HEATHER — noun Usage: usually capitalized S : a heather ( Calluna vulgaris )
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RED HEATH — noun 1. : a heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) 2. : a New Zealand shrub ( Dracophyllum recurvum ) of …
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MOOR BESOM — noun : a heather ( Calluna vulgaris )
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HEATH PEAT — noun : peat formed chiefly from roots and stems of plants of the genera Erica and Calluna
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HEATHLIKE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : resembling a heath ; usually : similar to a plant of the genera Erica or Calluna in …
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HEATH — ˈhēth, in Maine & adjacent Canada ˈhāth noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English heth, heeth, from Old English hǣth; …
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LING — (n.) Heather (Calluna vulgaris).
Английский словарь Webster
HEATH — (n.) A low shrub (Erica, / Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is …
Английский словарь Webster
LING — ( n. ) Heather (Calluna vulgaris).
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HEATH — ( n. ) A low shrub (Erica, / Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LING — ling 1 /ling/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) ling , ( esp. referring to two or more …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEATHER — — heathered , adj. /hedh"euhr/ , n. 1. any of various heaths, esp. Calluna vulgaris, of England and Scotland, having …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEATH — — heathless , adj. — heathlike , adj. /heeth/ , n. 1. a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland …
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LING — I. ˈliŋ noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Dutch leng ling, Old English lang long Date: 13th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HEATHER — I. ˈhe-thər noun Etymology: Middle English (northern) hather Date: 14th century : heath 2a ; especially : a common Eurasian …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HEATH — noun Etymology: Middle English heth, from Old English hǣth; akin to Old High German heida heather, Old Welsh coit forest …
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LING — adj the burbot of lake ontario. 2. ling ·noun heather (calluna vulgaris). 3. ling ·adj an american hake of the …
Webster English vocab
HEATH — noun a place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage. 2. heath ·noun …
Webster English vocab
LING — ~ 1 ■ noun a long-bodied edible marine fish of the cod family. [ Molva molva (E. Atlantic) and other …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HEATHER — ■ noun a purple-flowered heath typical of moorland and heathland. [ Calluna vulgaris .] ↘ informal any plant of this …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HEATHER — [heath.er] n [ME (northern) hather] (14c): heath 2a; esp: a common Eurasian heath (Calluna vulgaris) of northern and alpine regions …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HEATH — [heath] n [ME heth, fr. OE haeth; akin to OHG heida heather, OW coit forest] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HEATHER — also called Scotch Heather, or Ling (species Calluna vulgaris), low evergreen shrub of the heath family (Ericaceae), widespread in western …
Britannica English vocabulary
DOMINANT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dominant gene (= a gene that has its effect when there is only …
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