Canby's mountain lover

noun

Paxistima canbyi, a small broadleaf evergreen shrub.

Meanings

nounCanby's mountain lover (uncountable)

alternative Canby's mountain-lover

  1. uncountablePaxistima 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), New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published October 1941 (2nd printing), →OCLC, page 20
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    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

    Rachel Goad, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Allegheny County, for implementing a recovery plan for an endangered plant, the Canby’s mountain lover, $9,468.

    2021 March 8, “12 grants awarded for conservation, research efforts in Pa.”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, volume 94, number 228, Pittsburgh, Pa., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B-1, column 3

    Synonyms: Canby paxistima, cliff green

Synonyms & antonyms

nounPaxistima canbyi, a small broadleaf evergreen shrub.

Origin

Named after William Marriott Canby (1831–1904), who discovered the species in 1858.

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