tree heath

tree heath

n.

A Mediterranean evergreen shrub or small tree (Erica arborea) having fragrant white flowers grouped in large terminal panicles. It is the source of briarroot.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tree heath - gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long Richea pandanifolia, grass tree Australian heath - any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae; most are of the Australian region genus Richea, Richea - evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania
	2.	tree heath - evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes Erica arborea, briar, brier erica, true heath - any plant of the genus Erica briarroot - hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea