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snow-on-the-mountain

snow-on-the-mountain

9.9
A plant with white showy flowers and poisonous milky sap
  • noun
  • /snoʊ ɒn ðə ˈmaʊntən/
  • US
translation icon : nieve en la montaña
  • Be careful handling snow-on-the-mountain because its milky sap is highly poisonous.

Examples

  • She planted snow-on-the-mountain for its decorative white-bracted flowers.

  • The garden featured a beautiful patch of snow-on-the-mountain along the walkway.

  • The snow-on-the-mountain blooms beautifully in early summer.

  • Have you seen the snow-on-the-mountain in bloom?

  • Be careful handling snow-on-the-mountain because its milky sap is highly poisonous.

  • The garden featured a beautiful patch of snow-on-the-mountain along the walkway.

  • She planted snow-on-the-mountain for its decorative white-bracted flowers.

Synonyms

Euphorbia marginata
vssnow-on-the-mountain
  • Specialized
9.9

A low annual garden plant with white-edged leaves and poisonous milky sap

is the familiar common name used in everyday speech
ghost weed
vssnow-on-the-mountain
  • US
9.9

A plant with bright white flower clusters and poisonous milky sap

is the general common name without special descriptive imagery

Surface Forms

snow-on-the-mountain singular
snow-on-the-mountains plural

Etymology

Snow-on-the-mountain is a simple descriptive name: the plant has bright white flower parts on its top that look like 'snow' on a 'mountain', so the name gives a clear picture of the plant and helps you remember its white top and poisonous milky sap.