IRISH HEATH


Meaning of IRISH HEATH in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized I

: a low evergreen European shrub ( Daboecia cantabrica ) of the family Ericaceae that has slender leaves dark green above and whitish below and small nodding bell-shaped white or sometimes rosy or purplish flowers borne in erect terminal racemes — called also St.-Dabeoc's-heath

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.