Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun heather

2 senses of heather

Sense 1
heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris -- (common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere)
       => heath -- (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)

Sense 2
heather mixture, heather -- (interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color)
       => color, colour, coloring, colouring -- (a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light")