— heathless , adj. — heathlike , adj.
/heeth/ , n.
1. a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs.
2. any of various low-growing evergreen shrubs common on such land, as the common heather, Calluna vulgaris.
3. any plant of the genus Erica, or of the family Ericaceae. Cf. heath family .
[ bef. 900; ME; OE haeth; c. G Heide, ON heithr, Goth haithi; akin to Welsh coed trees, wood ]