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Definition of Mountain azalea

1. Noun. Creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountain Azalea

Literary usage of Mountain azalea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Rhododendron canescens (Michx.) Sweet Hoary azalea; mountain azalea Deciduous shrub Rich, dry woods and ravines. FAC FACW FACW . ..."

2. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"mountain azalea. (Man. p. 698; IF f. 2744.) In woods, Mass., NY, to Fla. and La. Pennsylvania : MONROE ; LACKAWANNA ; PIKE ; SUSQUEHANNA. 3. ..."

3. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"As a mere tour de force it is remarkable for its quality of illusion. Like the inaccessible mountain-azalea growing in a ..."

4. Southern Writers: Selections in Prose and Verse by William Peterfield Trent (1905)
"Everywhere the exquisite mountain azalea was abloom, its delicate, subtle fragrance pervading the air as the appreciation of some noble virtue penetrates ..."

5. Alpines and Bog-plants by Reginald John Farrer (1908)
"... contributing some mysterious gift essential to the well-being of such things as the arctic Andromedas, and the mountain Azalea. Possibly, though not in ..."

6. A Monograph of Azaleas: Rhododendron Subgenus Anthodendron by Ernest Henry Wilson, Alfred Rehder (1921)
"This is a form of the common mountain azalea of Japan having purple flowers and from 5 to 10 stamens. It is found here and there mixed with the type and is ..."

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