heathery

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English

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Etymology 1

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From heather +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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heathery (comparative more heathery, superlative most heathery)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or abundant in heather.
    • 1949 January and February, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–1”, in Railway Magazine, page 11:
      From right to left, our path was barred by a frowning rampart of grassy or heathery hills, whose rounded contours broke away here and there into ridge and scarp and cliff.
  2. Like or resembling heather.

Etymology 2

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heath +‎ -ery

Pronunciation

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Noun

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heathery (plural heatheries)

  1. A place where varieties of heath are grown in a controlled environment.