WordNet
n. heath of mountains of western United States having bell-shaped white flowers [syn: Cassiope mertensiana]
Wikipedia
White heather may refer to:
- Cassiope tetragona known by common names white Arctic mountain heather and Arctic white heather
- Cassiope mertensiana known by common name white mountain heather
- The White Heather, a 1919 film, based on a play of the same name
- A blended whisky by Chivas Brothers containing malt whisky from Glenallachie distillery
- The White Heather Club, a Scottish TV programme
Usage examples of "white heather".
Hailsmen kept their hair shortest of all clans, scorning the intricate plaitings, braidings, oilings, and part shavings that were as much a part of the clanholds as the white heather that bloomed on the fellfields each spring.
There was a glass of water on the table in the bedroom, with a spray of white heather in it.
It was winter and it was cold, so he spoke of spring, telling her about the Hailhold after first thaw, about the carpets of white heather that pushed up overnight and the rings of darkwood violets that flowered amid the melting snow.
Perhaps she would be lucky enough to find a patch of white heather this year'twas said to bring one good fortune.
Next was Ma Lomas, dressed for the occasion in a rusty black coat with a spray of white heather pinned to the collar.