heathery

English

Etymology 1

From heather +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɛðəɹi/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

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.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From heath +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

Noun

heathery (plural heatheries)

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