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Definition of Mountain box
1. Noun. Evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn.
Generic synonyms: Bearberry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountain Box
Literary usage of Mountain box
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indian Forester (1902)
"... mountain box." It has a pale timber, and may be substituted for ordinary grey
box with satisfaction to the user. (No. ..."
2. Reports on the Geology of Jamaica; Or, Part II. of the West Indian Survey by James Gay Sawkins, Geological Survey of Great Britain, Georges Parkes Wall, Lucas Barrett, Arthur Lennox, Charles Barrington Brown, Robert Etheridge, Nathaniel Wilson, Hoffmann (1869)
"Western peak of Blue mountain box Hill, Belvedere estate - Hill above Petersfield
House - „ -west of ..."
3. A Botanical Index to All the Medicinal Plants, Barks, Roots, Seeds and by Allan Pollock (1872)
"... Yellow Wood, Sea Ash. Uva Ursi, Bearberry, Wild Cranberry, Bear's Whortleberry,
mountain box, Red- berry, Snake Weed, White Sanicle, ..."
4. The Indian Forester (1902)
"... mountain box." It has a pale timber, and may be substituted for ordinary grey
box with satisfaction to the user. (No. ..."
5. Reports on the Geology of Jamaica; Or, Part II. of the West Indian Survey by James Gay Sawkins, Geological Survey of Great Britain, Georges Parkes Wall, Lucas Barrett, Arthur Lennox, Charles Barrington Brown, Robert Etheridge, Nathaniel Wilson, Hoffmann (1869)
"Western peak of Blue mountain box Hill, Belvedere estate - Hill above Petersfield
House - „ -west of ..."
6. A Botanical Index to All the Medicinal Plants, Barks, Roots, Seeds and by Allan Pollock (1872)
"... Yellow Wood, Sea Ash. Uva Ursi, Bearberry, Wild Cranberry, Bear's Whortleberry,
mountain box, Red- berry, Snake Weed, White Sanicle, ..."
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