mountain ebony

noun

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Nearby words

mountain cranberry, mountain currant, mountain daisy, mountain devil, mountain dew, mountain ebony, mountain everlasting, mountain fetterbush, mountain goat, mountain gorilla, mountain holly fern

Origin of mountain ebony

First recorded in 1715–25

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