Canby's mountain lover

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. Paxistima canbyi, a small broadleaf evergreen shrub.

    • Peculiar to the Alleghenies are the Canby’s mountain lover, an evergreen; […]
    • The rarest plant in the preserve may be Canby’s mountain lover or cliff green, a plant found in only one other Ohio location.
    • Rachel Goad, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Allegheny County, for implementing a recovery plan for an endangered plant, the Canby’s mountain lover, $9,468.

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