Dictionary entry

Heather

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Heath″er (hĕt͡h″ẽr; 277. This is the only pronunciation in Scotland), n. [See Heath.] Heath.

Gorse and grass

And heather, where his footsteps pass,

The brighter seem. Longfellow.

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