Meanings
nounCornish heath (uncountable)
- uncountableErica vagans, a vigorous spreading evergreen heather with pink flowers in racemes.
Synonyms: wandering heath
Synonyms & antonyms
nounErica vagans, a vigorous spreading evergreen heather with pink flowers in racemes.
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nounbushy shrub having pink to white flowers; common on the moors of Cornwall and in southwestern Europe; cultivated elsewhere
Similar
Erica vagans
Broader
ericatrue heath
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Cornish heath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cornish%20heath
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“Cornish heath.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cornish%20heath. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cornish heath,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cornish%20heath.
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