Etymology

Grays Peak

Today it means: The tenth-highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. Full definition →

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The story

Named by botanist Charles C. Parry in honor of his botanist colleague Asa Gray.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.