bruyère

Definitions of bruyère
  1. noun
    open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
    synonyms: lande
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    type of:
    plaine
    extensive tract of level open land
  2. noun
    a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
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    type of:
    arbrisseau, buisson
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
  3. noun
    common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
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