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Noun: beach heather  beech'he-dhu(r)
  1. Small heathlike plant covered with white down growing on beaches in northeastern North America
    "Beach heather helps stabilize coastal dunes";
    - poverty grass, Hudsonia tomentosa

Derived forms: beach heathers

Type of: subshrub, suffrutex

Part of: genus Hudsonia, Hudsonia

Encyclopedia: Beach heather