bell heather
a European heath, Erica cinerea, having prostrate branches with terminal clusters of red flowers.
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How to use bell heather in a sentence
And where had she pulled those splendid bunches of bell-heather?
The air was heavy with the smell of honey-ooze from the pale ling and the purple bell-heather.
Pharais and The Mountain Lovers | Fiona MacleodHelen always makes me think of grass of Parnassus and bell-heather, she is so solitary and delicate and strong.'
Franklin Kane | Anne Douglas SedgwickMy favourites are the wilder ones—honeysuckle, grass of Parnassus, bell-heather.
Franklin Kane | Anne Douglas SedgwickHere and there are large patches of bell-heather and ling, which still retain, though now faded, their last year's bloom.
The Norwegian Fjords | A. Heaton Cooper
British Dictionary definitions for bell heather
an ericaceous shrub, Erica cinerea: See heath (def. 2)
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