DCHP-3

white heather

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a shrub, Cassiope tetragona, having mosslike foliage and found in the Arctic regions.

Quotations

1936
On caribou hunting expeditions into the interior, the Eskimo relies on certain forms of vegetation for fire, of which the commonest is the white heather . . . called by the Eskimos "Keyukta."
1952
On the upland north of Great Bear Lake . . . are found ground birch . . . Labrador tea . . . white heather. . . .