A heath (/ hiːθ /) is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high …

: any of a family (Ericaceae, the heath family) of shrubby dicotyledonous and often evergreen plants that thrive on open barren usually acid and ill-drained soil

heath, (genus Erica), genus of about 800 species of low evergreen shrubs of the family Ericaceae. Most heath species are indigenous to South Africa, where they are especially diverse in the …

HEATH definition: 1. an area of land that is not used for growing crops, where grass and other small plants grow, but…. Learn more.

Dec 21, 2025 · From Middle English heth, heeth, hethe, from Old English hǣþ (“heath, untilled land, waste; heather”), from Proto-West Germanic *haiþi, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī (“heath, …

Definition of heath noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

A heath is an area of open land covered with rough grass or heather and with very few trees or bushes.

If you travel to England, you can drive out in the countryside to see the heath that you've read about in novels. An open, sandy field of low shrubs and scrubby plants like gorse and heather …

heath /hiθ/ n. Ecology [countable] an area of open, uncultivated land. Plant Biology [uncountable] a low-growing shrub common on such land.

heath meaning, definition, what is heath: an area of open land where grass, bushes...: Learn more.