native heath

noun

The place of one's birth or childhood. or by extension, place of origin.

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Meanings

nounnative heath (countable and uncountable, plural native heaths)

plural native heaths

  1. countableuncountableThe place of one's birth or childhood. or by extension, place of origin.

    But in the intervening period other classes of locomotives have been built for work in Scotland, or have been transferred from their native heath, and in each case have come to be regarded as part of the Scottish scene.

    1958 July 29, J. P. Wilson, “Scottish Soliloquy”, in Railway Magazine, page 495
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APA

native heath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/native%20heath

MLA

“native heath.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/native%20heath. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “native heath,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/native%20heath.

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