Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Heather

/(hĕt͟h"ẽr; 277. This is the only pronunciation in Scotland)/ · Heath·er · IPA /ˈhɛðɚ/

01 n. Heath.

1.
Heath.[Scot.]
“Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass, The brighter seem.” — Longfellow.

Phrases & compounds

Heather bell — one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and Erica cinerea).