A heath (/ hiːθ /) is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Any of a family (ericaceae, the heath family) of shrubby dicotyledonous and often evergreen plants that thrive on open barren usually acid and ill-drained soil Definition of heath noun in oxford advanced learner's dictionary.
Jan 20, 2026from middle english heth, heeth, hethe, from old english hǣþ (“heath, untilled land, waste; Heather”), from proto-west germanic *haiþi, from proto-germanic *haiþī (“heath, waste,. Any of various usually low-growing shrubs of the genus erica and other genera of the heath family, native to europe and south africa and having small evergreen leaves and small, colorful, urn-shaped.
A heath is an area of open land covered with rough grass or heather and with very few trees or bushes. There are seven meanings listed in oed's entry for the noun heath, two of which are labelled obsolete. See examples of heath used in a sentence.
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