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| arbutus |
an evergreen tree or shrub of the heath family having broad dark green leaves and bearing clusters of pink or white flowers and small strawberrylike fruit. [2 definitions] |
| brier2 |
a white heath of southern Europe, the woody root of which is used in making tobacco pipes. |
| heathless |
combined form of heath. |
| Indian pipe |
an almost leafless waxy white plant, related to heath, that lives on decayed organic matter, bears a single white flower on each stalk, and looks like a tobacco pipe. |
| pinesap |
a fleshy whitish or reddish plant belonging to the heath family that grows on tree roots or fallen tree trunks. |
| trailing arbutus |
a creeping evergreen bearing pink or white flower clusters that is related to heath and grows in eastern North America. |
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