Canby's mountain lover
Canby's mountain lover noun: paxistima canbyi, a small broadleaf evergreen shrub.
Noun
Canby's mountain lover (uncountable)
- 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)...
- The rarest plant in the preserve may be Canby’s mountain lover or cliff green, a plant found in only one other Ohio location.2013 April 28, Bob Downing, “Look over The Edge of Appalachia […]”, in Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Oh., →OCLC, page E7, column 1
- Synonyms:
- Canby paxistima, cliff green
Synonyms of Canby's mountain lover
Forms of Canby's mountain lover
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Origin of Canby's mountain lover
Named after William Marriott Canby (1831–1904), who discovered the species in 1858.
Questions about Canby's mountain lover
- What does Canby's mountain lover mean?
- Canby's mountain lover means paxistima canbyi, a small broadleaf evergreen shrub.
- What part of speech is Canby's mountain lover?
- Canby's mountain lover is a noun.
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