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heather

[heth-er] / ˈhɛð ər /




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The mountain also saw a "big upsurge" in heather beetles this year - possibly linked to milder winters.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Volunteers have been key to managing the wider heath, cutting gorse and heather in winter and removing pines.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

One imagines not the ghost of Cathy or Heathcliff, but a trio of women, very much alive and striding through the heather, their minds alight with the stories they would tell, set among similar terrain.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

Only decades ago many of the cottages in Scotland’s Highlands were roofed in heather, bracken and marram grass.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

“Blackavar, do you know that earlier this summer, before we had the benefit of your experience, we went for days across every kind of country—fields, heather, woods, downs—and never lost one rabbit?”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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