Meaning of mountain-lover | Babel Free

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Noun. [C2]

Examples

“In Virginia and West Virginia the mountain-lover, Pachystima Canby,^([sic – meaning canbyi]) with tiny inconspicuous flowers, a low evergreen shrub, anchored [erroneous line] among rocky slopes like Andromeda to her ledge, sees the chimney swift, seaside sparrow and towee^([sic – meaning towhee]) coming North, longing, perhaps, to follow.”

“We walk carefully through the woodland looking for the tiny green mountain-lover.”

“A shrub called mountain-lover, a member of the bittersweet family, appears in Jessamine Creek Gorge, said Tara Littlefield, a botanist with the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission.”

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