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tree heath

DEFINITIONS OF: tree heath

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n gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long

Synonyms:
Richea pandanifolia, grass tree
Type of:
Australian heath
any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae; most are of the Australian region

n evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes

Synonyms:
Erica arborea, briar, brier
Type of:
erica, true heath
any plant of the genus Erica
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