heathery
nounUK /ˈhiːθəɹi/
Etymology From heath + -ery.
1
A place where varieties of heath are grown in a controlled environment.
heathery
adjUK /ˈhɛðəɹi/
Etymology From heather + -y.
1
Of, pertaining to, or abundant in heather.
- 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.1949 January and February, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–1”, in Railway Magazine, page 11:
2
Like or resembling heather.
- Derived terms
- heatheriness