Definition of Snow-on-the-mountain

1. Noun. Annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk.

Exact synonyms: Euphorbia Marginata, Ghost Weed, Snow-in-summer
Group relationships: Euphorbia, Genus Euphorbia
Generic synonyms: Spurge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snow-on-the-mountain

snow
snow-apple
snow-apples
snow-bird
snow-blind
snow-blinded
snow-broth
snow-capped
snow-clad
snow-covered
snow-flake
snow-flakes
snow-in-summer
snow-leopard
snow-mageddon
snow-on-the-mountain (current term)
snow-skiing
snow-white
snow angel
snow angels
snow apple
snow apples
snow bird
snow blindness
snow blower
snow bunnies
snow bunny
snow bunting
snow buntings
snow cannon

Literary usage of Snow-on-the-mountain

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1856)
"Yule made this attempt there was a great deal of snow on the mountain, and he was unable to reach the summit of the ridge ; but it appeared to him that at a ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... probably a greater amount than eould be furnished by the sudden melting of all the winter's snow on the mountain. It formed a channel 2 mile« broad, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... furnished by the sudden melting of all the winter's snow on the mountain. It formed a channel 2 miles broad, and in some placet thirty-four feet deep, ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... probably a greater amount than could be furnished by the sudden melting of all the winter's snow on the mountain. It formed a channel Î miles broad, ..."

5. Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal edited by Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads (1849)
"... saw the sunshine in all its bright rays embrace the snow on the mountain-top in all its whiteness : it was a pretty union—so full of harmony- beautiful. ..."

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