Heather vs. Ling

(botany) An evergreen plant, Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.

(botany) The Ericaceae family.

(botany) Various species of the genus Erica.

(botany) Various species of the genus Cassiope.

A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.

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

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

Heath.

Example: ‘Gorse and grassAnd heather, where his footsteps pass,The brighter seem.’;

common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted grayish shades with flecks of color

Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod.

The common ling, Molva molva.

Any of various varieties of heather or broom.

Common heather (Calluna vulgaris)

A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle.

Heather (Calluna vulgaris).

water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs

common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried

American hakes

elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth