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snow-on-the-mountain

[ snoh-on-thuh-moun-tn, -awn- ]

noun

  1. a spurge, Euphorbia marginata, of the western U.S., having leaves with white margins and white petallike bracts.


snow-on-the-mountain

noun

  1. a North American euphorbiaceous plant, Euphorbia marginata, having white-edged leaves and showy white bracts surrounding small flowers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of snow-on-the-mountain1

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
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Example Sentences

Fittingly, its cousin, Euphorbia marginata, grows nearby and is called snow-on-the-mountain.

The wild flowers disappeared, and only in the bottom of the draws and gullies grew a few of the very toughest and hardiest: shoestring, and ironweed, and snow-on-the-mountain.

The pasture was flooded with light; every clump of ironweed and snow-on-the-mountain threw a long shadow, and the golden light seemed to be rippling through the curly grass like the tide racing in.

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