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heather

/ˈhɛðɚ/ adjective C2
  1. Of a purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.
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The heather and the gorse about
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 15 · C1
And leave my heather blooms.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 15 · C1
We were fortunate enough to catch an early train at Waterloo, and in a little under an hour we found ourselves among the fir-woods and the heather of Woking.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 59 · B2
He stretched forth his hand, and touched stone; he rose to his seat, and found himself lying on his bournous in a bed of dry heather, very soft and odoriferous.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 341 · C1

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