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Definition of Mountain andromeda
1. Noun. Ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers.
Group relationships: Genus Pieris, Pieris
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountain Andromeda
Literary usage of Mountain andromeda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1855)
"spiraea and the mountain andromeda. . Here too the Dutch myrtle and the sweet
fern mingle their fragrance with the ..."
2. Studies in the Field & Forest by Wilson Flagg (1857)
"... pines and birches covers its summit, together with various shrubs, such as
the whortleberry, the wood-pyrus, the" spiraea, and the mountain andromeda. ..."
3. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1855)
"spiraea and the mountain andromeda. . Here too the Dutch myrtle and the sweet
fern mingle their fragrance with the ..."
4. Studies in the Field & Forest by Wilson Flagg (1857)
"... pines and birches covers its summit, together with various shrubs, such as
the whortleberry, the wood-pyrus, the" spiraea, and the mountain andromeda. ..."