Heather \Heath"er\ (?; 277. This is the only pronunciation in Scotland), n. [See {Heath}.] Heath. [Scot.] Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass, The brighter seem. --Longfellow. {Heather bell} (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather ({Erica Tetralix}, and {E. cinerea}).