heath /hiːθ/noun 15forms 1 noun15 •A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland. •Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.There was nobody living in Jim's old house, and some of the windows was broken; but there was heath growing back and front. — 1974 •in Erica spp. •in Cassiope spp. •in Daboecia spp. •in Epacris spp. (Australian heath) •in Leucopogon spp. (beard heath) •in Phyllodoce spp. (mountain heath) •Any butterfly or moth of species: •Coenonympha spp., a genus of brush-footed butterfly, of the palaearctic. •Coenonympha pamphilus, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and Northern Africa, the small heath •Coenonympha tullia, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and North America, the large heath •Melitaea athalia (heath fritillary) •Semiothisa clathrata (latticed heath) •Ematurga atomaria (common heath) formsheaths