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mountain lover en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Any member of the species Paxistima myrsinites, Oregon boxwoods.
   • Mountain lover is only a foot high and has a spread of three to four feet. 2001 November 11, Patricia A. Taylor, “Cuttings: In Flowerless Seasons, the Charm of Foliage”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
   • It can be used in many of the same locations as boxwood. However, mountain lover is completely winter hardy, whereas boxwood is only marginally so. 1893, Experiment Station Bulletin, numbers 641-660:
   • The berries of mountain lover were eaten by California Natives. 1994, Ethnobotany of the California Indians: Aboriginal uses of California's indigenous plants, page 102:
2. (countable, usually) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mountain, lover.
   • It’s a landscape that Titian, the Dolomites’ most famous native son and mountain lover, captured for posterity as a background to some of his greatest paintings. 1993 May 9, Richard Wightman, “Dolomite Dreams: The Fantastical Peaks of Northern Italy”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2025:

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Deriveds

Canby's mountain lover