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mountain fetterbush

noun

an erect shrub, Pieris floribunda, of the heath family, found from Virginia to Georgia, having white flowers in nodding clusters.

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Nearby words

  1. mountain daisy,
  2. mountain devil,
  3. mountain dew,
  4. mountain ebony,
  5. mountain everlasting,
  6. mountain goat,
  7. mountain gorilla,
  8. mountain holly fern,
  9. mountain laurel,
  10. mountain lion

Origin of mountain fetterbush

First recorded in 1795–1805
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