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GAELIC ENGLISH LATIN fraoch commom heather Calluna vulgaris gorm `blue heather' froach bell heather `red Erica cinerea dearg heather' fraoch- cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix Frangach `French heather' fraoch- Irish heath `Irish Erica erigena Eireannach heather' fraoch Connermara heath Daboecia cantabrica Dhaboch `St.
GAELIC ENGLISH fraoch `tuted heather' (a)bhadain fraoch-an- `heath in which wind makes a buzzing sound' or `which crackles when being burnt' fraoch- `cracklng' or `screeching heather' sgriachain fraoch- `heather with a loud sound when burstin' spreadanach
fraoch- `fived [sic] leaved heath' (for E. cinerea) badain fraoch- `cat heather' (for E. tetralix), also rendered frangach as mionfhraoch `small heather' and fraoch `faulty, blemished(?)
And as you search for your ball in the fraoch, keep that fraoch off your face; and though you feel like eschewing your bootlaces, be careful what kind of fraochan you are eating.
The Celtic names grug and fraoch apparently come from Old Celtic v-roikos , which is cognate (or so says Klein's Etymological Dictionary ) with Latin brucus , meaning `maned or bristled.