heath

1.) a tract of open wasteland, esp. in the British Isles, covered with heather, low shrubs, etc. ; moor 2.) any plant of the heat family; esp. any of the various shrubs and plants (genera Erica and Calluna) that grown on heaths, as heather

Ulysses, pg. 28 1946AmHC

Always read it, never looked it up for a fuller picture. Wasteland, not a meadow or something.