tree heath

English

tree heath (Erica arborea, with white flowers)

Noun

tree heath (countable and uncountable, plural tree heaths)

1. The flowering plant Erica arborea, native to east Africa and the Mediterranean.
2. Other plants of genus Erica of similar habit
   1. Erica scoparia (green heath, besom heath, broom heath)
3. Similar plants of other genera in family Ericaceae,
   1. especially Trochocarpa laurina of Australia and New Zealand.

      Synonyms: axebreaker, sandberry, wheel-fruit, waddy wood

   2. Dracophyllum arboreum (Chatham tree heath)
4. (uncountable) Ecological domains characterized by large numbers of such species of ericaceous plants.

Synonyms

• tree heather

Derived terms

• Azores tree heath (Erica azorica)
• Cape tree heath (Erica tristis)
• Chatham tree heath (Dracophyllum arboreum)
• false Cape tree heath (Erica tristis)
• mountain tree heath (Erica caffrorum, Trochocarpa montana)
• Spanish tree heath (Erica australis)
• water tree heath (Erica caffra)

Translations

Dracophyllum arboreum

• Maori: tarahinau

See also

• briarwood

References

• tree heath on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Erica arborea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Erica arborea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “tree heath”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.