different between heather vs thrush

English

Alternative forms

• hadder (dialectal)
• hether, hather (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English hather, hathir, from Old English *h?ddre and h?þ (“heather”), cognate with Scots hedder, hadder, heddir (“heather”), Saterland Frisian Heede (“heather”), West Frisian heide (“heather”), Dutch heide (“heather”), German Low German Heide, Heid (“heather”), German Heide (“heather”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?ð?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?ð?/
• Rhymes: -?ð?(?)
• Hyphenation: heath?er

Noun

heather (countable and uncountable, plural heathers)

1. (botany) An evergreen plant, Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
2. (botany) The Ericaceae family.
3. (botany) Various species of the genus Erica.
4. (botany) Various species of the genus Cassiope.
5. A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.

6. (textiles) The use of interwoven yarns of mixed colours to produce flecks.

Synonyms

• (Calluna vulgaris): ling

Related terms

• heath

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• heather on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ericaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ericaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Translations

Adjective

heather (not comparable)

1. Of a purple colour with a tint with pink and blue.

Anagrams

• heareth

English

Wikispecies

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle English thrusche, þrusch, þresche, from a combination of Old English þrys?e (from Proto-Germanic *þruskij?, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *þrusk?) and Old English þræs?e (from Proto-Germanic *þrausk? and/or *þrastuz); all from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”). Cognate with German Drossel, Old Norse þr?str, Latin turdus, Lithuanian strazdas (“thrush”), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drudwy (“starling”), Old Church Slavonic ?????? (drozg?), Russian ????? (drozd).

Noun

thrush (plural thrushes)

1. Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.
2. (US, colloquial) A female singer.

Derived terms

• pale thrush
• song thrush
• true thrush

Translations

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain; perhaps compare Icelandic þröstur, Danish trøske, from Proto-Germanic *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.

Noun

thrush (plural thrushes)

1. A fungal infection caused by Candida, now especially of the vagina; candidiasis.

Synonyms

• candidiasis

Derived terms

• oral thrush

Translations

See also

• candida
• turdiform