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bell heather

noun

  1. a European heath, Erica cinerea, having prostrate branches with terminal clusters of red flowers.


bell heather

noun

  1. See heath
    an ericaceous shrub, Erica cinerea See heath


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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.

Helen always makes me think of grass of Parnassus and bell-heather, she is so solitary and delicate and strong.'

My favourites are the wilder ones—honeysuckle, grass of Parnassus, bell-heather.

Here and there are large patches of bell-heather and ling, which still retain, though now faded, their last year's bloom.

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