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bell heather

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bell heather
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an ericaceous shrub, Erica cinerea See heath [2]
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Noun1.bell heather - dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers
erica, true heath - any plant of the genus Erica
2.bell heather - common low European shrub with purple-red flowersbell heather - common low European shrub with purple-red flowers
erica, true heath - any plant of the genus Erica
Translations
bell heather nerica campanulata di Scozia


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The remnants of summer's flowers, yellow tormentil, pink bell heather and the cream trumpets of cow-wheat, offer a little colour.
As you walk through the moorland note the heather which is made of three types - heather (ling) which grows on the dry tussocks, cross-leaved heather and bell heather which grows in the damp hollows between the tussocks.
Here and there, in sheltered hollows, bell heather showed the first hint of purple that will soon spread from horizon to horizon.
 
 
 
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