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He also assigns dluth fraoch to the clan Robertson, translated as the `fine-leaved heath' (i.e.
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.
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(?)
, E. cinerea ) but which is literally `near or close to heather'; and fraoch nam Meinnearach is assigned to clan Menzies, though the name probably derives from Archibald Menzies, a well-known 18th-century botanist of North America, rather than from a very rare heather this clan is not likely to have encountered, never mind worn into battle.
Johnston we learn that fraochdearg was the badge of clan MacDougal; fraoch-geal (white heather) the badge of the MacDonnells; and fraoch gorm the badge worn by clans MacDonald, MacNab, MacIntyre, and MacAlister, which practice could have been rather confusing during periods of clan warfare.