bell heather

American  

noun

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

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bell heather British  

noun

1. an ericaceous shrub, Erica cinerea See heath

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Example Sentences

White Bell Heather transplanted.—Is it generally known that white bell heather becomes pink on being transplanted from its native hills into a garden?

From Notes and Queries, Number 195, July 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

The 'white-blossomed slaes' sweetened the air, and the distant hills were gay with golden whin and broom, or flushed with the purply-red of the bell heather.

From Penelope's Experiences in Scotland by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

The "white-blossomed slaes" sweetened the air, and the distant hills were gay with golden whin and broom, or flushed with the purply-red of the bell heather.

From Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

She was still tying up the little pink bundles of "bell heather," but her face was held down, and there was a little conscious flush upon her cheek.

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)