1. an area of open uncultivated land covered with low shrubs, especially heather
2. a low evergreen shrub with small leaves and small pink or white flowers
Usage: botanical

Examples

• The hikers walked across the windswept heath.
• Purple heather bloomed across the Scottish heath.
• Wild ponies grazed freely on the heath.
• The heath stretched for miles in every direction.
• Small heath plants grew among the rocks.
• We picked berries while crossing the heath.