mountain-lover

See also: mountain lover

English

Noun

mountain-lover (usually uncountable, plural mountain-lovers)

  1. Alternative form of mountain lover.
    • 1925 April 25, J. Otis Swift, “‘News Outside the Door’”, in Atlantic City Daily Press, volume LVI, number 119, Atlantic City, N.J., →OCLC, page 15 (Editorial Page), column 5:
      In Virginia and West Virginia the mountain-lover, Pachystima Canby,[sic – meaning canbyi] with tiny inconspicuous flowers, a low evergreen shrub, anchored [erroneous line] among rocky slopes like Andromeda to her ledge, sees the chimney swift, seaside sparrow and towee[sic – meaning towhee] coming North, longing, perhaps, to follow.
    • 1991 February 9, Paul Knoop, “Our natural world: Search for plant real treat for these nature lovers”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 114, number 153, Dayton, Oh.: Dayton Newspapers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2-C, column 2:
      We walk carefully through the woodland looking for the tiny green mountain-lover.
    • 2014 February 24, Greg Kocher, “Jessamine’s rare plants include mountain-lover, water stitchwort”, in Lexington Herald-Leader, volume 32, number 53, Lexington, Ky., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A2, column 3:
      A shrub called mountain-lover, a member of the bittersweet family, appears in Jessamine Creek Gorge, said Tara Littlefield, a botanist with the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission.
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