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Noun: tree heath  tree heeth
  1. Gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long
    - grass tree, Richea pandanifolia
     
  2. Evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
    - briar, brier, Erica arborea

Derived forms: tree heaths

Type of: Australian heath, erica, true heath

Part of: genus Richea, Richea

Encyclopedia: Tree heath