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montigenous

montigenous adjective: pertaining to or native to mountains.

Adjective

montigenous (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Pertaining to or native to mountains.
    • Asperula trifida Makino […] ¶ Perennial, 1–4 decim. high. Rhizome slender, long-creeping, rooting at the nodes. […] ¶ A montigenous species.1903, T[omitaro] Makino, Observations on the Flora of Japan, Fasciculus 3, Tokyo, pages 38–39; reprinted from the Botanical Magazine, volume 17, Tokyo, 1903
    • It seems a piece of the mountain, rock of its rock, wedged indistinguishably between the crags—itself a crag, but one over which the spirit has passed. Carved and placed as they are, the columns of this temple express the very essence of all this montigenous austerity and forsakenness.1965, Nikos Kazantzakis, “Pilgrimage Through Greece” (chapter 17), in P. A. Bien, transl., Report to Greco, London: Bruno Cassirer (Publishers) Ltd, page 163

Origin of montigenous

Borrowed from Latin montigena (from mons, montis (“mountain”) + the root of gignō, genō (“to beget”)) + -ous. (Compare orogenous, -genous.)

Questions about montigenous

What does montigenous mean?
Montigenous means pertaining to or native to mountains.
What part of speech is montigenous?
Montigenous is an adjective.

Words near montigenous in the dictionary

  1. Montiel
  2. Montiels
  3. Monties
  4. montiferous
  5. montiform
  6. montigenous
  7. Montijo
  8. Montijos
  9. Montilla
  10. Montillas
  11. Montini

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