Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mountain lover

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: moun-tain lover
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Paxistima myrsinites, Oregon boxwoods.

Uncountable

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mountain, lover.

Countable

Example Sentences

"It can be used in many of the same locations as boxwood. However, mountain lover is completely winter hardy, whereas boxwood is only marginally so."
"The berries of mountain lover were eaten by California Natives."
"Mountain lover is only a foot high and has a spread of three to four feet."
"It’s a landscape that Titian, the Dolomites’ most famous native son and mountain lover, captured for posterity as a background to some of his greatest paintings."

Usage

Inflected Forms

mountain lovers (plural) mountain-lover (alternative)

Phrases

Canby's mountain lover

Questions

What does mountain lover mean?: Any member of the species Paxistima myrsinites, Oregon boxwoods.

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