heath
Open uncultivated land
Heath is an area of open, uncultivated land, typically covered with low shrubs like heather and gorse.
The word evokes wild British landscapes—moorlands, commons, and coastal stretches where the soil is too poor for farming: We walked across the heath at sunset.
Heath also names the low-growing plants that thrive in such terrain, especially heathers and related species. (Capitalized Heath is a surname or given name.)
Thorny yellow-flowering shrub
- moorUncultivated peaty upland
- peatlandWetland with accumulated plant matter
- bogAcidic peat wetland
- fenLow marshy ground
bracken · grouse · curlew · plover · upland · fell · mire · ling
Not closed
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
- barrenUnable to produce
- desolateBleak and abandoned
- untamedNot domesticated
windblown · remote · rugged · vast · bleak · lonely · forlorn · panoramic
Clean by rubbing hard
- acidicBelow neutral pH
- peatyContaining decomposed plant matter
- rhododendronShrub with bell-shaped flower clusters
- azaleaOrnamental shrub, vivid clusters
broom · chaparral · maquis · mallee · hardy · evergreen · low-growing · dense
Organism's natural environment
- floraPlants of a region
- faunaAnimal life collectively
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
endemic · native · pollinators · ecology · interdependence · food chain · grazing · conservation
gorse
Thorny yellow-flowering shrub
fen · bracken · grouse · curlew · plover · upland · fell · mire · ling · bilberry
open
Not closed
untamed · windblown · remote · rugged · vast · bleak · lonely · forlorn · panoramic · horizon
scrub
Clean by rubbing hard
- acidicBelow neutral pH
- peatyContaining decomposed plant matter
- rhododendronShrub with bell-shaped flower clusters
azalea · broom · chaparral · maquis · mallee · hardy · evergreen · low-growing · dense · thicket
habitat
Organism's natural environment
- floraPlants of a region
- faunaAnimal life collectively
- biodiversityRange of life forms
species · endemic · native · pollinators · ecology · interdependence · food chain · grazing · conservation · protected
Wuthering Heights
Yorkshire gothic novel
King Lear · melancholy · sublime · isolation · solitude · mystery · folklore · legend · haunting · timeless
- heath plantsvaccinium, rhododendron, azalea, blueberry, cranberry
- barren landswasteland, wastelands, badlands, arid land, drylands
- heathsling
- British Englishaluminium, aubergine, behaviour, biscuit, bonnet
- ecosystemsrainforest, forest, desert, jungle, ocean
- European natureAlps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, Balkans, Mediterranean
heathforest
Tree-dense ecosystem
woodland · jungle · rainforest · thicket · dense forest
heathplantation
Large-scale farming operation
farmland · orchard · vineyard · agricultural land · garden
- Heath Ledger
- Heather Graham
- Heath RobinsonAbsurdly over-complicated contraption
- heath barToffee candy in chocolate
- wild heath
- Heather Locklear