heath

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
heath/hiːθ/

▶noun

• 1 chiefly Brit. an area of open uncultivated land, typically on acid sandy soil and covered with heather, gorse, and coarse grasses.

• 2 a dwarf shrub with small leathery leaves and small pink or purple flowers, characteristic of heathland and moorland. [Erica tetralix (cross-leaved heath) and other species.]

• 3 used in names of heathland butterflies and moths, e.g. small heath.

– derivatives
heathy adjective.

– origin OE hǣth, of Gmc origin.