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Noun: mountain heath
  1. Small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States
    "Mountain heath thrived in the harsh alpine conditions";
    - Phyllodoce caerulea, Bryanthus taxifolius

Derived forms: mountain heaths

Type of: heath

Part of: genus Phyllodoce, Phyllodoce

Encyclopedia: Mountain heath