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Canby's mountain-lover

Canby's mountain-lover is the alternative form of Canby's mountain lover.

Meaning of Canby's mountain lover

Noun

Canby's mountain lover (uncountable)

  1. Paxistima canbyi, a small broadleaf evergreen shrub.
    • Peculiar to the Alleghenies are the Canby’s mountain lover, an evergreen; […]1940 May, “Flora and Fauna”, in workers of the Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Virginia, compilers, Virginia: A Guide to the Old Dominion (American Guide Series)...

Questions about Canby's mountain-lover

What is Canby's mountain-lover the alternative form of?
Canby's mountain-lover is the alternative form of Canby's mountain lover.

Words near Canby's mountain-lover in the dictionary

  1. canbottle
  2. canbottles
  3. Canby
  4. Canby paxistima
  5. Canby's mountain lover
  6. Canby's mountain-lover
  7. cancan
  8. cancaneuse
  9. cancaneuses
  10. cancanned
  11. cancanning

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