heather-bell

English

Erica cinerea

Noun

heather-bell (plural heather-bells)

1. a plant of species Erica cinerea native to western and central Europe,; bell heather

   Synonym: heath-bell

   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 171

     The Phoenicians slept under their piled grey rocks; the chimneys of the old mines pointed starkly; early moths blurred the heather-bells; cartwheels could be heard grinding on the road beneath; and the suck and sighing of the waves sounded gently, persistently, for ever.

References

• bell heather on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Erica cinerea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Erica cinerea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• bell heather