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noun
A tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, found on mainly infertile acidic soils. Similar to moorland but with warmer and drier climate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: heath
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: barren, waste, wasteland
History
From heath + land. Compare Saterland Frisian Heedelound (“heathland”).
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
